This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Simple Past Tense – Quiz 20 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Simple Past Tense Quiz 20 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Complete the sentence:My mom ..... me to the mall yesterday afternoon. A) Taked. B) Has taken. C) Takes. D) Took. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Took. 2. They didn't ..... in the morning. They didn't ..... time? A) Ran-have. B) Run-have. C) Run-had. D) Ran-had. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Run-have. 3. We ..... out to play tennis yesterday A) Go. B) Went. C) Going. D) Gone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Went. 4. The adverb of the time of simple past tense A) Last week. B) Today. C) Tomorrow. D) Now. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Last week. 5. Clara:How was your exam?Amanda:I was exhausted at the end of the exam. I (write) ..... more than 500 words. A) Writing. B) Writes. C) Written. D) Wrote. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wrote. 6. Raelee Nichole ..... happy when Daryono visited her last night. A) Was. B) Were. C) Did. D) Am sad. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 7. The singers ..... shocked because their agreement was cancelled. A) Was. B) Were. C) Is. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 8. My sisters ..... at the seaside. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 9. Second form of verb of Swim A) Swam. B) Swimming. C) Swims. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Swam. 10. I ..... (not cook) spaguetti, I ..... (cook) lasagna. A) I didn't cooked spaguetti, I cooked lasagna. B) I didn't cook spaguetti, I cooked lasagna. C) I did not cook spaguetti, I cook lasagna. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I didn't cook spaguetti, I cooked lasagna. 11. They ..... with their friends yesterday. A) Played. B) Play. C) Playing. D) Plays. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Played. 12. Marcel ..... English last night. A) Studied. B) Studying. C) Study. D) Was studied. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Studied. 13. CHOOSE THE CORRECT VERB:He ..... late, yesterday. A) Slepp. B) Slepe. C) Slept. D) Sleep. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Slept. 14. Ramya ..... absent from school. (is) A) Was. B) Will be. C) Is. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 15. Justin rode a bike, he ..... a motorcycle. A) Did not ride. B) Did not read. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did not ride. 16. ..... you ..... for the maths test? A) Did / studied. B) Did / study. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did / study. 17. Dalam membuat kalimat interrogative simple past tense verbal, harus menambahkan tobe "was/were" A) Benar. B) Salah. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Salah. 18. What is the simple past tense of take? A) Take. B) Took. C) Takes. D) Taking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Took. 19. Tuti: "Where did you go yesterday, Rani?"Rani: "I ..... to Bandung with my mother."Tuti: "How did you go there?"Rani: "By bus." A) Go. B) Am going. C) Have gone. D) Went. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Went. 20. Which one is the auxiliar of past simple tense? A) Do. B) Did. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did. 21. My classmate ..... the classroom just now. A) Cleaned. B) Clean. C) Cleaning. D) Cleans. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cleaned. 22. Alice's father ..... a new house last year A) Buyed. B) Buy. C) Buying. D) Bought. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bought. 23. I ..... angry with my friends. (+) A) Wasn't. B) Were. C) Weren't. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was. 24. Which rule is being applied in these verbs?type-typed A) Add "-d" to verbs ending in "e" to form its past tense. B) Add "-ed" to the end of the verb to form the past tense. C) Double the last letter and add "-ed" to verbs with one syllable to form its past tense. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Add "-d" to verbs ending in "e" to form its past tense. 25. She ..... her job last winter. A) Did not left. B) Leaved. C) Leave. D) Left. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Left. 26. Did you ..... coffee this morning? A) Drank. B) Drinks. C) Drinking. D) Drink. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Drink. 27. The past form bring is ..... A) Bringing. B) Brings. C) Brought. D) Bought. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brought. 28. Raka and Mutia ..... inform their friends to attend the zoom meeting yesterday. A) Was not. B) Did not. C) Do not. D) Were not. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did not. 29. My little brother broke a plate, he ..... a glass last night. A) Did not break. B) Did not blew. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did not break. 30. How ..... you pay the book?.I paid it in cash A) Do. B) Does. C) Did. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Did. 31. CHOOSE THE CORRECT VERB:She ..... at school, yesterday. A) Study. B) Is. C) Was. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was. 32. I ..... a snake near there! A) Saw. B) Seeing. C) Seen. D) See. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Saw. 33. We ..... this museum last month. A) Did not visited. B) Visited. C) Visiting. D) Visit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Visited. 34. How would you rewrite the sentence 'My family and I go to the beach and swim in the ocean' to show it happened last weekend? A) My family and I goed to the beach and swimmed in the ocean. B) My family and I went to the beach and swam in the ocean. C) My family and I did go to the beach and did swim in the ocean. D) My family and I were going to the beach and were swimming in the ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My family and I went to the beach and swam in the ocean. 35. The cat caught a mouse, it ..... a butterfly yesterday. A) Did not come. B) Did not catch. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did not catch. 36. They ..... watch the match last Sunday. A) Didn't. B) Wasn't. C) Doesn't. D) Don't. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Didn't. 37. I smell. (Choose the simple past tense) A) I smelt. B) I am smelling. C) I was smelling. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I smelt. 38. We ..... at the library for three hours yesterday. A) Learnt. B) Studied. C) Reviewed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Studied. 39. He ..... an essay for an assignment yesterday. A) Write. B) Writing. C) Written. D) Wrote. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wrote. 40. Mark the answer that completes the dialogue:A:Mary isn't here. She ( ..... ) to Egypt.B:I ( ..... ) to Egypt. A) Went / have never been. B) Went / have never gone. C) Has gone / have never gone. D) Has gone / have never been. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Has gone / have never been. 41. It ..... (rain) heavily last July. A) Rained. B) Was raining. C) Raint. D) Rains. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rained. 42. Choose the correct question structure for the simple past tense A) Did + subject + verb in past + complement +?. B) Did + subject + verb + complement +?. C) Did + verb + subject + complement +?. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did + subject + verb + complement +?. 43. Father was watching TV when I ..... home A) Get. B) Got. C) Gotten. D) Gets. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Got. 44. What were you doing when the bell ..... ? A) Rang. B) Rings. C) Ring. D) Rung. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rang. 45. What is the past tense of go? A) Do. B) Goed. C) Went. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Went. 46. Kuan Ling ..... a squirrel in the garden yesterday. A) See. B) Saw. C) Sees. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Saw. 47. He ..... me a big teddy bear on my birthday last week. A) Buyed. B) Bought. C) Buys. D) Buying. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bought. 48. Choose the correct affirmative structure for the simple past tense A) Subject + did + verb in past + complement. B) Subject + verb in past + complement. C) Subject + verb + complement. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subject + verb in past + complement. 49. ..... (find) your keys yesterday? A) Did you found?. B) Was I finding?. C) Were you finding?. D) Did you find?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Did you find?. 50. April ..... (go) to the supermarket this morning to buy some snacks A) Have gone. B) Went. C) Gone. D) Has gone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Went. 51. They ..... on their journey when the rain stopped. A) Continues. B) Continue. C) Was continuing. D) Continued. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Continued. 52. Chef Ameer ..... fish yesterday. A) Fry. B) Fried. C) Fryed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fried. 53. Complete the sentence:Yamileth and Janet had pancakes and ..... coffee. A) Drinked. B) Drinks. C) To drink. D) Drank. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Drank. 54. Complete the sentence:Mercedes got up early and ..... A) Has breakfast. B) Have breakfast. C) Had breakfast. D) Having breakfast. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had breakfast. 55. One day, a mighty lion, tired from hunting all morning, ..... down to take a nap under a large, shady tree. A) Lays. B) Lay. C) Laid. D) Laying. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Laid. 56. Kumar ..... (fall) down after he ..... (step) on a banana skin. A) Fell, stepped. B) Falls, step. C) Fall, stepped. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fell, stepped. 57. My father ..... his car keys under the bed this morning. A) Find. B) Found. C) Finded. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Found. 58. She ..... (not take) my book last night. A) Didn't took. B) Didn't take. C) Doesn't take. D) Doesn't took. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Didn't take. 59. Convert to past tense:I (read) that book last month. A) I reads that book last month. B) I read that book last month. C) I reading that book last month. D) I have read that book last month. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I read that book last month. 60. We ..... our dinner quite early last night. A) Eating. B) Ate. C) Eaten. D) Eat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ate. ← 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