This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Simple Past Tense – Quiz 23 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Simple Past Tense Quiz 23 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. It ..... very hot yesterday. A) Am. B) Was. C) Were. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 2. My brother ..... (hurt) his arm when he played hide-and-seek. A) Is hurting. B) Hurted. C) Hurts. D) Hurt. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hurt. 3. My uncle ..... a picture yesterday. A) Paint. B) Was painted. C) Painted. D) Did painted. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Painted. 4. He (be not) ..... at home last Monday. A) Wasn't. B) Been. C) Was. D) Weren't. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wasn't. 5. I sent an email to my friend two hours ago. A) Email. B) Sent. C) Ago. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sent. 6. My sister, Elizabeth, ..... down and hurt her knees during Science class at the lab. A) Fall. B) Fell. C) Falling. D) Fallen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fell. 7. They tell. (Choose the simple past tense) A) They tell. B) They told. C) They are telling. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They told. 8. Maria ..... her phone last week. A) Broked. B) Breaked. C) Broke. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Broke. 9. They ..... us last holiday. A) Visits. B) Visited. C) Visit. D) Visiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Visited. 10. I ..... (clean) up the rubbish bin because I ..... (am) on duty. A) Cleans, was. B) Cleaned, was. C) Clean, were. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cleaned, was. 11. She sells the car. A) Sell. B) Sold. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sold. 12. Convert the present tense verb 'write' to the simple past. A) Wrotee. B) Wrote. C) Writed. D) Writeed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wrote. 13. What did you do in the summer? A) I went to the beach. B) I go to the zoo. C) I learn how to cook. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I went to the beach. 14. Last year, I ..... (2) to Sydney on holiday. A) Gone. B) Go. C) Goes. D) Went. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Went. 15. Bob ..... Helen the secret. A) Tell. B) Telled. C) Told. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Told. 16. Firdaus read the message yesterday. A) Yesterday. B) Read. C) Message. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Read. 17. I ..... David was sick, but he was on vacation. A) Thought. B) Thinked. C) Think. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thought. 18. My bedroom ..... upstairs on the second floor. A) It is. B) Are. C) Is. D) There is. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is. 19. I ..... (go) to the park with my sister yesterday. A) Went. B) Goed. C) Go. D) Am going. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Went. 20. What is the simple past form of 'swim'? A) Swimmeded. B) Swam. C) Swimmed. D) Swim. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Swam. 21. The mouse ..... his sharp little mouse teeth to gnaw the thick ropes and set the lion free. A) Used. B) Using. C) Use. D) Uses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Used. 22. Past form of ' to send': ..... A) Sended. B) Sent. C) Sund. D) Sind. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sent. 23. Adam ..... dinner two days ago. A) Cooks. B) Cookied. C) Cooked. D) Cook. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cooked. 24. Dania ..... a new dress for her bithday yesterday. A) Bought. B) Buy. C) Is buying. D) Buys. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bought. 25. The boys ..... the police to the kidnappers' den yesterday. A) Were leading. B) Led. C) Leads. D) Was leading. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Led. 26. Did you (meet) her at the conference? A) I met her at a different event. B) Yes, I met her at the conference. C) I haven't met anyone at the conference. D) No, I didn't see her at the conference. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yes, I met her at the conference. 27. The children ..... reading yesterday. A) Start. B) Started. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Started. 28. We had twenty guests at our party ..... A) Last week. B) Next week. C) Always. D) Now. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Last week. 29. The mouse ..... the lion's cries. A) Heard. B) Hears. C) Hearing. D) Hear. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heard. 30. What is the simple past form of 'go'? A) Gone. B) Goes. C) Went. D) Goed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Went. 31. My friends ..... (drive) to work when they heard the news on the radio. A) Were driving. B) Was driven. C) Was driving. D) Drove. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were driving. 32. What is the English translation of "Mi hermana hizo una torta" ? A) My sister sold a cake. B) My sister makes a cake. C) My sister made a cake. D) My sister mades a cake. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My sister made a cake. 33. 2/ ..... you watch the football match last night? A) Do. B) Does. C) Are. D) Did. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Did. 34. Identify the irregular verb in the sentence:We saw a movie last night. A) Seen. B) Saw. C) Watch. D) Looked. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Saw. 35. The assistant monitor ..... the teacher's money so he was punished by the headmaster. A) Steal. B) Was stealing. C) Steals. D) Stole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stole. 36. I ..... an email to a friend. A) Send. B) Sends. C) Sent. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sent. 37. They sell. (Choose the simple past tense) A) They are selling. B) They sold. C) They selled. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They sold. 38. The egg ..... and ..... on the floor. A) Fell/broke. B) Fall/breaks. C) Fallen/broke. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fell/broke. 39. Dad ..... (hear) some noises a few minutes ago. A) Hear. B) Hears. C) Heard. D) Heared. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Heard. 40. Last week we ..... on a school trip in Oviedo. A) Did. B) Was. C) Were. D) Wasn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were. 41. Form a negative sentence:He (not finish) his homework. A) He does not finish his homework. B) He did not finish his homework. C) He is not finishing his homework. D) He has not finished his homework. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He does not finish his homework. 42. We buy them here. A) Buys. B) Bought. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bought. 43. Last week, I was ..... (chase) by a stray dog. A) Chase. B) Chases. C) Chased. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chased. 44. Our team ..... well yesterday but we ..... the match. A) Don't play / win. B) Wasn't played / won. C) Didn't play / won. D) Played / won. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Didn't play / won. 45. What is the past form of the verb "READ" ? A) Readed. B) Read. C) Reads. D) Reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Read. 46. Choose the correct form of the verb CRY in past A) CRIED. B) CRYD. C) CRYED. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) CRIED. 47. I was afraid of dogs, so I ..... (run) away. A) Ran. B) Run. C) Ren. D) Runned. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ran. 48. My sister ..... ill two days ago. A) Is. B) Were. C) Are. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was. 49. The dog ..... his finger. A) Bit. B) Bite. C) Bited. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bit. 50. My brother ..... his finger this morning. A) Cutting. B) Cut. C) Cuts. D) Was cutting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cut. 51. The car ..... in the middle of the street. A) Stoped. B) Stopped. C) Stop. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stopped. 52. When do we use the simple past tense? A) When we talk about something that began in the past and never end. B) When we talk about something that began in the past and end in the past. C) When we talk about something that began in the past and end in the present. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When we talk about something that began in the past and end in the past. 53. We ..... (sing) the birthday song. A) Sung. B) Sing. C) Sang. D) Singed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sang. 54. My teacher printed the worksheets for me. A) Teacher. B) Printed. C) Worksheets. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Printed. 55. I ..... an e-mail to the company but they never answered. A) Published. B) Read. C) Sent. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sent. 56. They (buy) ..... that house last year. A) Bought. B) Has bought. C) Buyed. D) Have buy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bought. 57. Mr. Larry ..... his children to the beach for a picnic last school holiday. A) Take. B) Taking. C) Took. D) Taken. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Took. 58. His sister ..... go skating last weekend. A) Didn't. B) Isn't. C) Did. D) Doesn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Didn't. 59. Where (you, buy) that shirt? A) Where did buy that shirt?. B) Where did you buy that shirt?. C) Where have you bought that shirt?. D) Where you buy that shirt?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Where did you buy that shirt?. 60. The student ..... (read) the novel and summarised it. A) Red. B) Read. C) Reads. D) Reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Read. ← 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