This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Simple Past Tense – Quiz 21 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Simple Past Tense Quiz 21 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. ..... Easter Monday A) In. B) On. C) At. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On. 2. The referee ..... his whistle to start the game. A) Blew. B) Blows. C) Blow. D) Blowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Blew. 3. They ..... what the student said in class yesterday. A) Understand. B) Understood. C) Understanded. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Understood. 4. We ..... to Balikpapan on vacation last year. A) Go. B) Going. C) Gone. D) Went. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Went. 5. I ..... the moon last night. A) See. B) Saw. C) Seed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Saw. 6. You drink. (Choose the simple past tense) A) You drink. B) You are drinking. C) You drank. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) You drank. 7. I didn't ..... Tina two days ago A) Meeted. B) Have meet. C) Meet. D) Met. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Meet. 8. He ..... (tobe) driving to work this morning when Anna called. A) Was. B) Were. C) Is. D) Am. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 9. Identify the simple past verb in the sentence:'We traveled to France last year.' A) Traveling. B) Traveled. C) Traveledly. D) Travels. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Traveled. 10. They ..... (buy) a birthday card for me. A) Buy. B) Buyed. C) Bought. D) Buied. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bought. 11. She brings an umbrella. A) Bring. B) Brought. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brought. 12. Past form of ' to cut': ..... A) Cutted. B) Cut. C) Cuted. D) Cuts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cut. 13. What is the past form of the ver "DRAW" ? A) Drawed. B) Drawing. C) Drew. D) Draw. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Drew. 14. I go to work by bus. A) Goes. B) Went. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Went. 15. Johnson ..... a bad fall this morning so he has to stay at home for a week. A) Has. B) Have. C) Having. D) Had. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had. 16. Thirteen years ago, she ..... only a baby. A) Are. B) Was. C) Is. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 17. What is the past of forget? A) Forgetted. B) Forgot. C) Forget. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Forgot. 18. Ronny: " ..... you come to party last night?Novi: "No. I didn't. I ..... to help my brother." A) Did-have. B) Do-have. C) Do-had. D) Did-had. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Did-had. 19. Which of the following is a simple past verb:'play', 'playing', 'played'? A) Plays. B) Playful. C) Played. D) Playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Played. 20. Robert and Stan ..... Garry's friends ..... A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 21. She speaks slowly. A) Speak. B) Spoke. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spoke. 22. My mother ..... some cookies for our family for Eid Fitr. A) Ate. B) Baked. C) Cried. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Baked. 23. What is the past form of "come" ? A) Came. B) Coming. C) Comes. D) Comed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Came. 24. The simple past of "come" A) Comed. B) Camed. C) Came. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Came. 25. Which sentence uses the simple past correctly? A) He did not completed his project on time. B) He did not complete his project on time. C) He does not complete his project on time. D) He not complete his project on time. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He did not complete his project on time. 26. We read. (Choose the simple past tense) A) We read. B) We are reading. C) We were reading. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) We read. 27. My father ..... born in Batu Pahat A) Was. B) Were. C) Weren't. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 28. He (not, play) basketball last weekend. A) He did not play basketball last weekend. B) He does not play basketball last weekend. C) He played not basketball last weekend. D) He has not played basketball last weekend. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He did not play basketball last weekend. 29. 5/ My sister ..... her homework last night. A) Finished. B) Finishes. C) Finish. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Finished. 30. I beat. (Choose the simple past tense) A) I am beating. B) I was beating. C) I beat. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I beat. 31. Please translate into English:"Mereka tidak belajar bahasa inggris minggu lalu" A) They are not studying english last week. B) They did not study English last week. C) They did not study English last month. D) They were study English last week. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They did not study English last week. 32. My father ..... tired when I ..... home A) Were-got. B) Was-getted. C) Was-got. D) Is-get. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was-got. 33. Rachel ..... the piano this morning. A) Play. B) Played. C) Playing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Played. 34. I did a treasure hunt. A) What did you do?. B) Where did you go?. C) When did you go?. D) Who did you play with?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What did you do?. 35. What is the past tense of wait? A) Waited. B) Wait. C) Wote. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Waited. 36. Many people ..... ( buy) their groceries online because they're on quarantine. A) Buy. B) Buys. C) Buying. D) Bought. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bought. 37. We ..... early yesterday. A) Arrived. B) Arrive. C) Arrives. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arrived. 38. What is the simple past in the negative form of the put? A) Didn't put. B) Doesn't put. C) Don't put. D) Not put. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Didn't put. 39. After along time, Snow White ..... to tired and sleepy. A) Feeling. B) Feels. C) Feel. D) Felt. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Felt. 40. The students ..... not at school yesterday. A) Am. B) Is. C) Were. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were. 41. I last ..... my grandfather when we ..... him two months ago A) Saw / visited. B) Was seeing / visited. C) Saw / was visiting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Saw / visited. 42. The simple past of "sit" A) Sitted. B) Sat. C) Sitten. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sat. 43. It was snowing last night. It ..... so cold! A) Touched. B) Felt. C) Happened. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Felt. 44. The meeting ..... very productive yesterday. A) Was. B) Were. C) Done. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 45. What is the simple past of fly? A) Flew. B) Fly. C) Flying. D) Flied. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flew. 46. The teacher ..... Brandon was not telling her the truth about the incident at the canteen. A) Knowing. B) Knew. C) Know. D) Known. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Knew. 47. Mark the answer that completes the sentence:"Since records ..... (begin) in 1880, the global temperature ..... (rise) 0.85 degrees Celsius." A) Began / rised. B) Have begun / rised. C) Have begun / has risen. D) Began / has risen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Began / has risen. 48. George ate two pancakes for breakfast. A) Breakfast. B) George. C) Ate. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ate. 49. ..... you go camping last weekend? A) Do. B) Does. C) Did. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Did. 50. Mark the answer that completes the dialogue:A:I ( ..... ) the keys.B:Where ( ..... ) them? A) Have found / did you find. B) Found / did you find. C) Have found / have you found. D) Found / have you found. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have found / did you find. 51. Suhana ..... some fruits in the supermarket. A) Bought. B) Boght. C) Buyed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bought. 52. I ..... in the museum. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 53. A big car stopped in front of my house last night. A) Big. B) Front. C) Stopped. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stopped. 54. Identify the simple past verb in the sentence:'She walked to the store.' A) Store. B) Walked. C) She. D) To. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Walked. 55. ..... you very friendly as a child? A) Was. B) Were. C) Is. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 56. Form a question:You (visit) your grandparents last summer? A) Have you visited your grandparents last summer?. B) Did you visited your grandparents last summer?. C) You visit your grandparents last summer?. D) Did you visit your grandparents last summer?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Did you visit your grandparents last summer?. 57. Haziq and Yana bought a present to their teacher. A) Present. B) Bought. C) Teache. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bought. 58. ..... she at the hospital with her dad? A) Weren't. B) Did. C) Was. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was. 59. Identify the simple past tense in this sentence:'They played soccer.' A) They. B) Played. C) Played soccer. D) Soccer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Played. 60. ..... she ..... tennis when she was younger? A) Does-played. B) Did-Played. C) Do-Play. D) Did-play. 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