This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Simple Past Tense – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Simple Past Tense Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. I ..... the present to my sister yesterday. A) Gives. B) Gave. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gave. 2. Choose the correct past simple verb to fill the gap in sentence.My father ..... late, so he ..... a taxi. A) Wakes up / got. B) Is waking up / getting. C) Woke up / got. D) Has woken up / gets. E) Wakes up / get. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Woke up / got. 3. Which sentence uses the simple past tense correctly? A) We seen that movie already. B) She bringed snacks to the party. C) They played basketball after school. D) He runned a mile in gym class. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They played basketball after school. 4. I was very tired, so I ..... (go) to bed early. A) Gave. B) Went. C) Left. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Went. 5. Past simpleWhich of these sentences is correct? A) Did you play yesterday?. B) Did you played yesterday?. C) Do you play yesterday?. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did you play yesterday?. 6. I ..... (win) the first prize in that contest. A) Would. B) Woke. C) Won. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Won. 7. She ..... (go) to visit her grandmother yesterday. A) Went. B) Go. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Went. 8. How to say "Budi mendengarkan lagu barunya kemarin." in English ..... A) Budi is listening to his new song yesterday. B) Budi listens to his new song yesterday. C) Budi is listened to his new song yesterday. D) Budi listened to his new song yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Budi listened to his new song yesterday. 9. I ..... her a letter last month about my trip. A) Wrote. B) Write. C) Written. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wrote. 10. I ..... your sister talking with someone in the park yesterday A) Seen. B) See. C) Saw. D) Seeing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Saw. 11. I ..... a beautiful song in the concert last week. A) Not sing. B) Sung. C) Sing. D) Sang. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sang. 12. Miyako ..... her clothes in the basket yesterday. A) Put. B) Puts. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Put. 13. The children ..... (step) the grass. A) Stepped. B) Stepping. C) Step. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stepped. 14. Dino:What ..... you do last weekend? Putra:I visited my grandma's house A) Did. B) Do. C) Doing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did. 15. They ..... their breakfast in five minutes!! A) Eat. B) Aten. C) Ate. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ate. 16. ..... the parents informed about the Consumer Week activity? A) Is. B) Was. C) Did. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were. 17. Mary ..... (send) a letter to her boyfriend. A) Sended. B) Sent. C) Sending. D) Sand. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sent. 18. Complete the sentence:The new video game ..... amazing, but the final levels ..... too hard. A) Were / were. B) Was / was. C) Were / was. D) Was / were. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was / were. 19. He ..... here just now. A) Come. B) Came. C) Coming. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Came. 20. I ..... to all my friends yesterday. A) Talk. B) Talking. C) Talked. D) Talks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Talked. 21. Which question is grammatically correct for asking about a past event? A) What you did see at the museum?. B) Where did you went on vacation?. C) Why did you choose that one?. D) Who you did call?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Why did you choose that one?. 22. I ..... (go) to Tsim Sha Tsui with my parents. A) Goes. B) Went. C) Go. D) Gone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Went. 23. What did you do last night?I ..... English and math last night A) Studies. B) Studied. C) Study. D) Studying. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Studied. 24. One day last year, Shabir ..... off his bike A) Falls. B) Fell. C) Has been falling. D) Is falling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fell. 25. We ..... David in town a few days ago. A) Was saw. B) Saw. C) Did see. D) Did saw. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Saw. 26. Your friend asks, "Did you go to the assembly this morning?" What is a correct short answer? A) Yes, I did. B) No, I wasn't. C) Yes, I go. D) No, I didn't go. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes, I did. 27. I ..... Geography last weekend. A) Studies. B) Studied. C) Study. D) Studyed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Studied. 28. She ..... me to her birthday party last year. A) Doesn't invited. B) Did not invited. C) Don't invite. D) Didn't invite. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Didn't invite. 29. They ..... mistakes because they didn't follow the guidelines. A) Make. B) Makes. C) Making. D) Made. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Made. 30. Transform the sentences from Present to PastSebastian speaks English with his friend Mathew A) He spoke English with his friend Mathew. B) He spoken English with his friend Mathew. C) He speaking English with his friend Mathew. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He spoke English with his friend Mathew. 31. IRREGULAR verbs do not need-ed at the verb, because the change their form in simple past? A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 32. Did you ..... eating pizza? A) Enjoying. B) Enjoy. C) Enjoyed. D) Enjoys. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Enjoy. 33. How did you did on the exam? A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 34. I ..... in Jakarta last month A) Was. B) Am. C) Were. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Am. 35. The thief stole my laptop, he ..... my hand phone last night. A) Did not speak. B) Did not steal. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did not steal. 36. Did the committee ..... the results of the contest? A) Releases. B) Released. C) Release. D) Were released. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Release. 37. How would you change this sentence to the simple past tense? 'She copies the notes carefully.' A) She copied the notes carefully. B) She copyed the notes carefully. C) She copy the notes carefully. D) She did copy the notes carefully. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She copied the notes carefully. 38. CHOOSE THE CORRECT VERB:We ..... a great poem, last night. A) Spoke. B) Wrote. C) Bought. D) Write. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wrote. 39. I ..... him two weeks ago at the book store. A) Seen. B) See. C) Seeing. D) Saw. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Saw. 40. ..... Mary and Isabella played at the playground. A) On Friday evening. B) Tomorrow. C) Next week. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On Friday evening. 41. What is the POSITIVE sentenses structure of the Simple past tense? A) Sub+ verb in past+ complement. B) Sub+ verb in base form+ complement. C) Sub+ verb infinitive+ complement. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sub+ verb in past+ complement. 42. ..... you ..... the food? A) Did / buy. B) Did / bought. C) Does / buy. D) Do / buy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did / buy. 43. ..... the weather nice last weekend? A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 44. I ..... alone to the movie theater last night A) Walk. B) Walked. C) Walkes. D) Walking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Walked. 45. Which sentence correctly changes 'He carries the heavy boxes upstairs' to the simple past tense? A) He carryed the heavy boxes upstairs. B) He did carried the heavy boxes upstairs. C) He was carry the heavy boxes upstairs. D) He carried the heavy boxes upstairs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He carried the heavy boxes upstairs. 46. Which is the past tense verb for justify? A) Justifyied. B) Justifyed. C) Justifyyed. D) Justified. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Justified. 47. Last night my friend ..... me some souvenirs. A) Gave. B) Told. C) Received. D) Saw. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gave. 48. My father ..... (work) many hours last week. A) Work. B) Worked. C) Working. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Worked. 49. True or False:The sentence 'She didn't brought her jacket to school' is grammatically correct. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 50. They ..... a sandwich yesterday. A) Brought. B) Bringing. C) Bringed. D) Bring. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brought. 51. The plane ..... at noon yesterday. A) Land. B) Landed. C) Lands. D) Lond. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Landed. 52. Simple past tense adalah jenis tenses yang digunakan untuk menjelaskan ..... A) Hal yang akan terjadi di masa depan. B) Hal yang telah terjadi di masa lampau. C) Hal yang sedang terjadi. D) Hal yang belum terjadi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hal yang telah terjadi di masa lampau. 53. I ..... (work) in a hospital for twenty years. A) Worked. B) Work. C) Workked. D) Workd. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Worked. 54. Andi's diary is a ..... text A) Narrative. B) Descriptive. C) Report. D) Recount. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Recount. 55. Correct the MISTAKE Did you swam in the pool last weekend? A) Did you swimming the pool last weekend?. B) Did you swum the pool last weekend?. C) Did you swim in the pool last weekend?. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Did you swim in the pool last weekend?. 56. The boys ..... at the park this morning. A) Are. B) Was. C) Were. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were. 57. How would you correctly rewrite the sentence 'She studies for her test and gets a good grade' in the simple past tense? A) She studyed for her test and getted a good grade. B) She studied for her test and got a good grade. C) She did study for her test and did get a good grade. D) She was studying for her test and was getting a good grade. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She studied for her test and got a good grade. 58. Second form of verb of Break A) Breaking. B) Breaks. C) Broke. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Broke. 59. I walked to the school alone ..... A) Today. B) Yesterday. C) Next day. D) Now. E) Tomorrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yesterday. 60. Auxiliary verb (Kata kerja bantu) that used for negative sentence in "Past Tense" is ..... A) Doesn't. B) Don't. C) Doing. D) Did not. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Did not. 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