This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Simple Past Tense – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Simple Past Tense Quiz 16 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. She didn't ..... to school yesterday. A) Going. B) Went. C) Goes. D) Go. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Go. 2. When did you go to bed last night? A) At 10 o'clock. B) At my grandma's house. C) I slept earlier. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) At 10 o'clock. 3. Which question in past tense is correct? A) What did you ate for dinner?. B) What did you eaten for dinner?. C) What did you eated for dinner?. D) What did you eat for dinner?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) What did you eat for dinner?. 4. There ..... a lot of noise (+) A) Weren't. B) Wasn't. C) Were. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was. 5. A big yellow bird fly over my head. A) Flew. B) Flied. C) Will fly. D) Flying. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flew. 6. (1) books-(2) I-(3) library-(4) brought-(5) the-(6) from-(7) some A) 2-6-5-3-4-7-1. B) 2-4-7-1-6-5-3. C) 2-4-5-3-6-7-1. D) 2-4-5-1-6-7-3. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2-4-7-1-6-5-3. 7. Complete the sentence:My brother ..... a new video game yesterday. A) Play. B) Played. C) Playing. D) Plays. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Played. 8. Melina ..... not know how to speak Mandarin but she is fluent in cantonese. A) Does. B) Do. C) Have. D) Did. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Does. 9. He ..... see a dentist yesterday because he had a toothache. A) Has to. B) Have to. C) Had to. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had to. 10. My mother ..... (meet) her old friend last week. A) Mad. B) Met. C) Made. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Met. 11. Last week, we ..... up for hours to buy the strawberry cake. A) Line. B) Lined. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lined. 12. The girl ..... gracefully on the stage just now. A) Dance. B) Danced. C) Dancing. D) Dances. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Danced. 13. Were the students ..... to read musical notes? A) Teach. B) Teached. C) Taught. D) Taughted. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Taught. 14. They ..... the music two hours ago A) Listened. B) Listen. C) Was listen. D) Listening. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Listened. 15. They miss their train every day. (yesterday) A) They missed their train yesterday. B) They miss their train yesterday. C) They missed their train yesteray. D) They missed they train yesteray. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They missed their train yesterday. 16. The past form of enter is ..... A) Entered. B) Enter. C) Entering. D) Enters. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Entered. 17. She ..... her promise. (keep) A) Keeped. B) Kep. C) Kept. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kept. 18. I ..... alone to the school last day. A) Walked. B) Walk. C) Walking. D) Walkes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Walked. 19. The bed was very uncomfortable. I ..... sleep very well. A) Not. B) Didn't. C) Wasn't. D) Did. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Didn't. 20. True or False:The sentence 'The games wasn't very fun' is grammatically correct. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 21. Simple past tense is telling about the event that specific time occurred in the ..... A) Present time. B) Future time. C) Past time. D) Unlimited duration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Past time. 22. ..... Ram ..... breakfast? (have) A) Did / ate. B) Did / eat. C) Did / have. D) Did / had. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Did / have. 23. What is the past tense of the verb 'to eat'? A) Eating. B) Eated. C) Ate. D) Eats. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ate. 24. ..... Komang go to the library last monday? A) Do. B) Are. C) Did. D) Done. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Did. 25. Complete the sentence:My family ..... to the Grand Canyon last summer for vacation. A) Go. B) Gone. C) Goed. D) Went. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Went. 26. Who called you last night? A) Because it rained. B) My friend. C) To the station. D) At 2 o'clock. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My friend. 27. He ..... a bouquet of roses for his wife. A) Bought. B) Buys. C) Buyed. D) Buy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bought. 28. My mon ..... (buy) me a new cellphone. A) Buyed. B) Bought. C) Brought. D) Buying. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bought. 29. The protesters ..... juice to break their fast. (drink) A) Drinks. B) Drink. C) Drank. D) Drank. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Drank. 30. My sister ..... very hard yesterday. A) Study. B) Studying. C) Studied. D) Was study. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Studied. 31. I ..... grateful for the support I received during the project. A) Am. B) Was. C) Is. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 32. Did you ..... sunrise this morning? A) Seen. B) Saw. C) Seeing. D) See. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) See. 33. They ..... their aunt and uncle yesterday. A) Visits. B) Visiting. C) Visit. D) Visited. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Visited. 34. Complete the sentence:We ..... to visit my grandparents last summer. A) Planed. B) Plann. C) Planing. D) Planned. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Planned. 35. Mr. Hasan ..... his son Bahasa Indonesia last week. A) Teaching. B) Teaches. C) Taught. D) Teach. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Taught. 36. Did he play football last week? A) No, I didn't. B) No, we didn't. C) No, he didn't. D) No, they didn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) No, he didn't. 37. Past tense sentences in negative form use the following formula: A) Subject + Would not + Verb in past form. B) Verb + Do not + Verb + "ing". C) Subject + Did not + Verb in infinitive form. D) Verb + Subject + Complement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subject + Did not + Verb in infinitive form. 38. They ..... back to their country last month. A) Flew. B) Fly. C) Flied. D) Flies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flew. 39. A baker bakes bread. (yesterday) A) A baker baked bread yesterday. B) A baker bakesed bread yesterday. C) A baker baked bread yesterday. D) A baker baked bread yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A baker baked bread yesterday. 40. My student ..... a letter to his friend. A) Write. B) Wrote. C) Writing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wrote. 41. She ..... a cup of milk this morning. A) Drink. B) Drinks. C) Drank. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Drank. 42. Simple Past Tense-be A) Was/were. B) Had/have. C) Been. D) Has. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was/were. 43. Jonathan ..... 5 kms yesterday morning. A) Ran. B) Runed. C) Runs. D) Run. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ran. 44. My mum ..... to my teacher last week. A) Didn't talked. B) Didn't talkked. C) Didn't talk. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Didn't talk. 45. My mother ..... a teacher 7 years ago A) Is. B) Was. C) Were. D) Are. E) Be. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 46. Did Lindsay ..... her essay immediately? A) Submitted. B) Submited. C) Submit. D) Submits. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Submit. 47. Ali: ..... were you born?Canan:In 1996. A) Where. B) When. C) Which. D) What. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When. 48. Yesterday we ..... TV. A) Watching. B) Watched. C) Watch. D) Watches. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Watched. 49. Which sentence correctly uses a simple past tense form of the verb 'to be'? A) We was excited. B) They is happy at the party. C) She was the team captain last year. D) I be tired after the game. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She was the team captain last year. 50. Your friend texted you, 'I didn't knew the answer to the last question.' Which of the following is the grammatically correct way to write that sentence? A) I didn't knowed the answer to the last question. B) I didn't know the answer to the last question. C) I wasn't knowing the answer to the last question. D) I not knew the answer to the last question. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I didn't know the answer to the last question. 51. Suzzie ..... home late yesterday A) Go. B) Was going. C) Gone. D) Went. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Went. 52. Maria ..... her homework on time. A) Doesn't. B) Did. C) Didn't. D) Do. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did. 53. I'm sure, I ..... him at Gramedia yesterday A) See. B) Sees. C) Seeing. D) Seen. E) Saw. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Saw. 54. Complete the sentence:Yesterday, my brother ..... for his lost keys for an hour. A) Looks. B) Looked. C) Looking. D) Look. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Looked. 55. Was the old billboard ..... down for safety purpose? A) Taken. B) Took. C) Taked. D) Take. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Taken. 56. I ..... (drink) too much soda yesterday. A) Drank. B) Drove. C) Drew. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Drank. 57. Soekarno ..... a letter for Fatmawati in 1956. A) Wrote. B) Writing. C) Was writing. D) Write. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wrote. 58. Is past tense similiar with present tense? A) No, I don't. B) Yes, I do. C) No, It isn't. D) Yes, It is. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) No, It isn't. 59. Which of the following are right conjugations of the verb "to be" in affirmative form on the simple past tense: A) They wereIt wasWe were. B) I amYou areIt is. C) He willShe willThey will. D) I didShe doThey would. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They wereIt wasWe were. 60. Change the following sentence into a negative sentence in simple past tense:He watched the movie. A) He wasn't watching the movie. B) He did not watch the movie. C) He didn't watch the movie. D) He wasn't watched the movie. 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