This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Simple Past Tense – Quiz 26 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Simple Past Tense Quiz 26 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. They ..... (give) me a big present 2 days ago. A) Gives. B) Gave. C) Giving. D) Give. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gave. 2. You buy. (Choose the simple past tense) A) You buy. B) You bought. C) You are buying. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) You bought. 3. Last night, we ..... (have) a big party. A) Has. B) Had. C) Having. D) Have. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had. 4. He ..... a horse. A) Ride. B) Ridden. C) Rode. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rode. 5. I (read) that book last year. A) I will read that book last year. B) I read that book last year. C) I readed that book next year. D) I have not read that book last year. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I read that book last year. 6. Past form of ' to make': ..... A) Maked. B) Made. C) Makes. D) Maid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Made. 7. What did you do last weekend? A) I attend a concert with friends. B) I relaxed at home and watched a movie. C) I clean the garage all day. D) I go hiking in the mountains. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I relaxed at home and watched a movie. 8. My friend ..... (study) hard last night. A) Study. B) Studyed. C) Studying. D) Studied. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Studied. 9. My sister ..... my photo and ..... it on Instagram A) Was taking / uploaded. B) Took / uploaded. C) Taked / uploading. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Took / uploaded. 10. Amara, Yusuf and Phema ..... to school yesterday. A) Walk. B) Walking. C) Walked. D) Walks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Walked. 11. Snow White told about her live and the dwarfs ..... her as their eldest sister. A) Take. B) Took. C) Takes. D) Taking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Took. 12. I didn't ..... games yesterday. A) Play. B) Played. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Play. 13. I accidentally ..... the plate on the floor this morning. A) Droped. B) Drop. C) Dropp. D) Dropped. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dropped. 14. The lesson ..... boring. It ..... interesting. A) Isn't / wasn't. B) Weren't / were. C) Wasn't / was. D) Weren't / was. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wasn't / was. 15. When I was young, I ..... to be a surgeon A) Was wanting. B) Wanted. C) Wanting. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wanted. 16. Complete the sentence:Katerina washed ..... A) Dishes. B) Netflix. C) Music. D) Bread. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dishes. 17. Mrs. Ursula ..... to the workshop to have her BMW car repaired. A) Go. B) Went. C) Going. D) Gone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Went. 18. We spend. (Choose the simple past tense) A) We spent. B) We will spend. C) We were spending. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) We spent. 19. Choose the correct past form of the verb BEG A) BEGED. B) BEGGED. C) BEGD. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) BEGGED. 20. Did you watch the parade? Yes, I ..... (watch) theparade. A) Watch. B) Watched. C) Watching. D) Watches. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Watched. 21. In the summer we went to an outdoor cinema. A) What did you do in the summer?. B) Who did you go with?. C) When did you go?. D) Where did you go?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What did you do in the summer?. 22. I ..... my leg when I jumped off the wall. A) Hurt. B) Hurting. C) Hurts. D) Was hurting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was hurting. 23. Who (write) ..... the magical tale of Peter Pan? A) Did write. B) Wrote. C) Written. D) Has written. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wrote. 24. It ..... heavily the day before yesterday. A) Rain. B) Rains. C) Rained. D) Raining. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rained. 25. I was with two friends of mine. In the mornings, we ..... in the streets of Sydney. A) Was walked. B) Walked. C) Walks. D) Walking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Walked. 26. They ..... a new book last month. A) Publishing. B) Published. C) Publishes. D) Publish. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Published. 27. A huge tree ..... across the road during the heavy storm. A) Fall. B) Falls. C) Fallen. D) Fell. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fell. 28. Did she (call) you last night? A) Did she call you last night?. B) Did she called you last night?. C) Did she calling you last night?. D) Did she calls you last night?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did she call you last night?. 29. She ..... in South Africa last month. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 30. La forma corta de unir al auxiliar did con NOT es A) Didn't. B) Didnt. C) Didnot. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Didn't. 31. Where did you do yesterday? A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 32. What is the word to complete the sentence" ..... you go to Maluma's concert last night?" ? A) Does. B) Did. C) Do. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did. 33. Father was upset when he ..... the broken window. A) Saw. B) Seeing. C) See. D) Seen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Saw. 34. This sentence is GRAMMATICALLY CORRECT:Yenifer listening to music yesterday. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 35. What is the past tense of travel? A) Travels. B) Traveled. C) Travel. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Traveled. 36. Yesterday I ..... ( make) a delicious dessert for my family. A) Making. B) Makes. C) Maked. D) Made. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Made. 37. Last week, he ..... (not visit) his grandparent. A) Didn't visit. B) Not visiting. C) Don't visit. D) Doesn't visit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Didn't visit. 38. The weather ..... cold when we ..... in Berlin. A) Were . was. B) Was, were. C) Were, were. D) Was, was. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was, were. 39. What is the past form of the verb "FIX" ? A) Fix. B) Fixing. C) Fixed. D) Fixes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fixed. 40. Last summer, my family go to the beach. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 41. He (not play) football last week. A) He does not play football last week. B) He played footballl last week. C) He was not playing football last week. D) He did not play football last week. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He did not play football last week. 42. I (read) that book last month. A) I reading that book last month. B) I read that book last month. C) I reads that book last month. D) I readed that book last month. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I read that book last month. 43. The simple past of "write" A) Writed. B) Written. C) Wrote. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wrote. 44. KNOW, MAKE, and BE are irregular verbs. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 45. Past form of ' to run': ..... A) Ren. B) Runed. C) Run. D) Ran. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ran. 46. Yesterday at ten she ( sit) ..... in front of her computer. A) Sitting. B) To sit. C) Have sat. D) Sat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sat. 47. I ..... (give) my sister a teddy bear last Christmas. A) Give. B) Given. C) Gave. D) Am giving. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gave. 48. The baby ..... for its mother. A) Cried. B) Cryed. C) Crys. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cried. 49. She ..... the gold medal in 1986. A) To won. B) Win. C) Won. D) To win. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Won. 50. Shakespeare ..... more than years ago A) Is living. B) Was living. C) Lives. D) Lived. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lived. 51. Jennie ..... her car into the basement parking this morning. A) Drives. B) Drove. C) Driven. D) Drive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Drove. 52. Convert the present tense verb 'make' to the simple past. A) Produce. B) Made. C) Create. D) Build. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Made. 53. Rayhan was doing his maths homework when his phone ..... A) Rang. B) Ringing. C) Rings. D) Ring. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rang. 54. What ..... (they, do) at eleven p.m. last night-it was so noisy? A) Were they doing. B) Did they do. C) Was they doing. D) They were doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were they doing. 55. Mira got married when she ..... 20 years old. A) Are. B) Is. C) Were. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was. 56. The security guard ..... (catch) the pickpocket in the mall last week. A) Catches. B) Catch. C) Catched. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Catched. 57. The Mayans ..... soup. A) Cook. B) Cooked. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cooked. 58. What time (she, leave) for the meeting? A) What time does she leave for the meeting?. B) What time did she leave for the meeting?. C) What time she left for the meeting?. D) What time she leaves for the meeting?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What time did she leave for the meeting?. 59. What (he say) about the project? A) He criticized the project harshly. B) He remained indifferent about the project. C) He suggested abandoning the project altogether. D) He expressed positive feedback about the project. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He expressed positive feedback about the project. 60. The worker ..... from his job because he was migrating to the other country. A) Resigning. B) Resigned. C) Resigns. D) Resign. 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