This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Simple Past Tense – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Simple Past Tense Quiz 15 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The little boy ..... (tell) me his secret. A) Took. B) Tore. C) Told. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Told. 2. Select the best description of what the simple past tense is used for. A) Talking about plans for the future. B) Talking about actions that were completed in the past. C) Talking about things that are always true. D) Talking about things happening right now. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Talking about actions that were completed in the past. 3. Choose the right verb in the brackets using past simple in question form:"(Be / Mark ) angry with me yesterday?" A) Was he angrying with me yesterday?. B) Mark were angry with me yesterday?. C) Was Mark angry with me yesterday?. D) Is Mark angry with me yesterday?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was Mark angry with me yesterday?. 4. Read the sentence:'My dad cutted the grass last weekend and then he feeled tired.' Which revision correctly fixes the errors in the simple past tense? A) My dad cut the grass last weekend and then he felt tired. B) My dad cutted the grass last weekend and then he felt tired. C) My dad cut the grass last weekend and then he feeled tired. D) My dad cutted the grass last weekend and then he felted tired. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My dad cut the grass last weekend and then he felt tired. 5. We ..... some sandwiches and fresh fruit to eat for lunch yesterday A) Buy. B) Bought. C) Buys. D) Buyed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bought. 6. They ..... each other 2 years ago. A) Love. B) Loved. C) Are loved. D) Be loving. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Loved. 7. Choose the right verb in the brackets using past simple form:"Last week it (rain) every day" A) Raining. B) Rains. C) Rained. D) Rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rained. 8. Which of the following are right conjugations of the verb "to be" in question form on the simple past tense: A) Is she?Am I?Do you?. B) Will she?Would they?Will it?. C) He was notWe were notThey were not. D) Was I?Did he?Were they?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was I?Did he?Were they?. 9. She ..... in her hotel with her dog. A) Slept. B) Sleep. C) Sleeping. D) Sleped. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Slept. 10. Which Irregular verb correctly answers the sentence?After working all night long, Jonathan finally ..... in bed once he had finished his work. A) Chose. B) Slept. C) Sleeped. D) Ate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Slept. 11. Which Irregular verb correctly answers the sentence?The goalie quickly ..... the ball that was kicked towards him. A) Caught. B) Lit. C) Fought. D) Thought. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Caught. 12. Who ..... my chocolate? A) Eat. B) Ate. C) Eated. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ate. 13. How would you rewrite the sentence 'She takes the bus to school and meets her friends' in the simple past tense? A) She taked the bus to school and meeted her friends. B) She did take the bus to school and did meet her friends. C) She took the bus to school and met her friends. D) She was taking the bus to school and was meeting her friends. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She took the bus to school and met her friends. 14. We wash hands every day. (yesterday) A) We wash hands yesterday. B) We washed hands yesterday. C) We washed hands yesterday. D) We washed hands yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We washed hands yesterday. 15. I ..... her name. (Simple Past Tense) A) Forgot. B) Forget. C) Forgetting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Forgot. 16. We ..... at the park yesterday afternoon. A) Play. B) Played. C) Plays. D) Playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Played. 17. Which question is grammatically correct for the simple past tense? A) Do you finished your lunch?. B) Did you finished your lunch?. C) Did you finish your lunch?. D) You did finish your lunch?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Did you finish your lunch?. 18. Did your mother go to the market last week? A) No, she didn't. B) Yes, you did. C) Yes, I did. D) No, I didn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No, she didn't. 19. My brother ..... (drive) very fast in his last race. A) Drove. B) Drive. C) Driving. D) Drived. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Drove. 20. The little girl ..... (fall) asleep when she was watching the TV last night. A) Fool. B) Felt. C) Fell. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fell. 21. Tom Cruise ..... a famous actor in the 90s. A) Are. B) Is. C) Were. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was. 22. Andi didn't ..... burger last week. A) Eat. B) Ate. C) Has eaten. D) Eaten. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eat. 23. My parents ..... (go) to Paris on vacations. A) Went. B) Gone. C) Were. D) Wont. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Went. 24. When ..... (she come) from Argentina? A) She did come. B) She came. C) Did she came. D) Did she come. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Did she come. 25. Where did you see that stranger last night? A) Catherine. B) Made vegetable salad. C) At 10 pm. D) Behind the hospital. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Behind the hospital. 26. What is the NEGATIVE sentenses structure of the Simple past tense? A) SUB+ verb In past+ Aux negative+ complement. B) SUB+ Aux negative+ verb In Past + complement. C) SUB+ Aux negative+ verb In base form+ complement. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) SUB+ Aux negative+ verb In base form+ complement. 27. What ..... you do just now? A) Will. B) Are. C) Did. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Did. 28. Alex is 20 years old. How old ..... he last year? A) Was. B) Am. C) Were. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were. 29. True or False:The sentence 'He didn't brought his backpack' is grammatically correct. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 30. When did they ..... back to their country? A) Was fly. B) Flew. C) Fly. D) Flies. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fly. 31. Complete the sentence:He ..... to finish his homework before his friends came over. A) Tries. B) Tried. C) Try. D) Tryed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tried. 32. I ..... to the doctor last week. A) Didn't go. B) Didn't went. C) Didn't gone. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Didn't go. 33. What is the INTERROGATIVE sentenses structure of the Simple past tense? A) Sub+ Did+ Verb in present+ complement+?. B) Did+ Sub+ verb in present+ complement+?. C) Did+ sub+ verb in past+ complement+?. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did+ Sub+ verb in present+ complement+?. 34. True or False:The sentence "She didn't liked the movie" is grammatically correct. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 35. Is ENJOY a regular or irregular verb? A) Regular. B) Irregular. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Regular. 36. Mozart ..... magnificent songs and it made him famous all over the world A) Writes. B) Wrote. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wrote. 37. Complete the sentence:The game ..... very exciting, so we left early. A) Weren't. B) Didn't. C) Wasn't. D) Isn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wasn't. 38. Rohan ..... some mistakes. (make) A) Making. B) Made. C) Maid. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Made. 39. The bus ..... late last night. A) Is. B) Was. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 40. She ..... at school yesterday (-) A) Weren't. B) Were. C) Wasn't. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wasn't. 41. My friend ..... very happy with her marks. (-) A) Weren't. B) Were. C) Wasn't. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wasn't. 42. She ..... her RM20. A) Lend. B) Lends. C) Lent. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lent. 43. Which rule is being applied in these verbs?drink-drank A) Irregular verbs change their spelling when forming the past tense. B) Add "-ed" to the end of the verb to form the past tense. C) Change "y" to "i" then add "-ed" for verbs that end in consonant and "y". D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Irregular verbs change their spelling when forming the past tense. 44. Diana ..... her holiday in Bali last holiday A) Spends. B) Spent. C) Spending. D) Spend. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spent. 45. Where did you go last night? A) I went to cinema. B) I ate sandwich. C) I watched movie. D) I played soccer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I went to cinema. 46. We ..... a great time and we did lots of fun and exciting things. A) Were. B) Has. C) Have. D) Had. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had. 47. Julio ..... an active student last year A) Was. B) Were. C) Are. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 48. Yesterday I ..... the tallest tree in my garden. A) Climbed. B) Climbs. C) Climb. D) Climbing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Climbed. 49. They ..... to the concert last week. A) Went. B) Go. C) Going. D) Goes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Went. 50. Who did the president spoke to? A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 51. We ..... in England. (not/ live) A) Did not lived. B) Didn't liveed. C) Didn't lived. D) Did not live. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Did not live. 52. I ..... in the cinema yesterday A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 53. I ..... to Malang Yesterday. A) Go. B) Goes. C) Went. D) Going. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Went. 54. The cat ..... (escape) from the garden. A) Escapes. B) Escape. C) Escaped. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Escaped. 55. Last week, My family and I ..... to Borobudur Temple A) Go. B) Want. C) Went. D) Won. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Went. 56. Which sentence shows correct subject-verb agreement in the past tense? A) The students was noisy in the hall. B) My friends was over last night. C) You was late again. D) The dog was happy to see me. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The dog was happy to see me. 57. We ..... the movie last Sunday. A) Watch. B) Watches. C) Watched. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Watched. 58. They cut. (Change to Past Tense) A) They cutted. B) They cuts. C) They cut. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They cut. 59. The negative sentence from "My mother cooked chicken soup yesterday" is ..... A) My mother didn't cooked chicken soup yesterday. B) My mother wasn't cooked chicken soup yesterday. C) My mother wasn't cook chicken soup yesterday. D) My mother didn't cook chicken soup yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) My mother didn't cook chicken soup yesterday. 60. The negative sentence from "He took a shower a while ago" is ..... A) He didn't take a shower a while ago. B) Did he take a shower a while ago?. C) He didn't took a shower a while ago. D) Did he took a shower a while ago?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He didn't take a shower a while ago. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTenses QuizzesVerbs QuizzesSimple Past Tense Quiz 1Simple Past Tense Quiz 2Simple Past Tense Quiz 3Simple Past Tense Quiz 4Simple Past Tense Quiz 5Simple Past Tense Quiz 6Simple Past Tense Quiz 7Simple Past Tense Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books