This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Simple Past Tense – Quiz 27 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Simple Past Tense Quiz 27 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Danny ..... a beautiful diamond necklace for his mother last year. A) Buy. B) Bought. C) Buys. D) Was buying. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bought. 2. Answer the question:-When did you get up in the morning? A) Yes, I did. B) I got up at 8am. C) No, I didn't. D) I had eggs and coffee. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I got up at 8am. 3. The simple past of "ring" A) Ranged. B) Ringed. C) Rang. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rang. 4. Form a negative sentence:I (not go) to the party last weekend A) I do not go to the party last weekend. B) I am not going to the party last weekend. C) I will not go to the party last weekend. D) I did not go to the party last weekend. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I did not go to the party last weekend. 5. The fishermen ..... many fish today. A) Catches. B) Caught. C) Catch. D) Catching. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Caught. 6. When I ..... Penwyn, he was looking for his book. A) Seeing. B) See. C) Sees. D) Saw. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Saw. 7. I ..... late this morning because my alarm didn't go off. A) Getting up. B) Got up. C) Get up. D) Gets up. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Got up. 8. She ..... (play) with her sister yesterday. A) Played. B) Pleied. C) Plaied. D) Pley. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Played. 9. My friends ..... nice to me. A) Was. B) Were. C) Am. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 10. You ..... very busy on Friday. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 11. We ..... (write) a letter to our grandparents last night. A) Wrote. B) Writing. C) Writes. D) Write. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wrote. 12. He ..... a delicious cake for her birthday A) Bakes. B) Baking. C) Bake. D) Baked. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Baked. 13. She (not, finish) her homework on time. A) She has not finished her homework on time. B) She does not finish her homework on time. C) She did not finish her homework on time. D) She finished not her homework on time. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She did not finish her homework on time. 14. What is the simple past form of 'sing'? A) Singed. B) Singed. C) Sang. D) Song. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sang. 15. 3/ What did you ..... at the party? A) Do. B) Does. C) Did. D) Doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Do. 16. Where did you go yesterday? I ..... to the farm. A) Go. B) Going. C) Went. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Went. 17. I try. (Choose the simple past tense) A) I tried. B) I tryed. C) I am trying. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I tried. 18. There ..... many people at the party last night. A) Were. B) Was. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 19. Mozart was a brilliant musician. He ..... to play the piano when he was three years old. When he was four years old, he ..... his first concert. A) Was start / was give. B) Gave / started. C) Give / start. D) Started / gave. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Started / gave. 20. She ..... at the cinema last night. A) Is. B) Was. C) Were. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 21. ..... your mother wear a blue dress 2 days ago? A) Does. B) Was. C) Do. D) Did. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Did. 22. Her bos ..... there. A) Was not. B) Were not. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was not. 23. I went with my mom. A) Where did you go?. B) Who did you go with?. C) What did you do?. D) When did you go?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Who did you go with?. 24. Mozart ..... magnificent songs and it ..... him famous all over the world A) Write, make. B) Writing, making. C) Writes, makes. D) Wrote, made. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wrote, made. 25. The simple past "put" A) Putted. B) Put. C) Puten. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Put. 26. We work. (Choose the simple past tense) A) We work. B) We worked. C) We are working. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We worked. 27. S+ was/ were + ..... A) O. B) V. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) O. 28. The boy ..... not ..... the explanation last Monday A) Did, get. B) Does, get. C) Did, got. D) Does, got. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did, get. 29. She (finish) her project before the deadline. A) Finishes. B) Finish. C) Finished. D) Finishing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Finished. 30. The boys ..... soccer last weekend. A) Play. B) Played. C) Playied. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Played. 31. My mother ..... a cup of milk before she went to bed. A) Drank. B) Drinking. C) Drink. D) Drinks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Drank. 32. She ..... (want) to ..... (go) to the cinema yesterday. A) Wanted, went. B) Wanting, go. C) Wanted, go. D) Want, went. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wanted, go. 33. Two days later my mother ..... much happier. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 34. I ..... my book at school two days ago. One of my friends ..... it this morning. A) Lost / find. B) Losed / finded. C) Lost / found. D) Was lost / was found. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lost / found. 35. Identify the irregular verb in the sentence:He went to the store. A) Went. B) Going. C) Gone. D) Go. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Went. 36. My brother and me didn't ..... the plants. we ..... basketball. A) Water-played. B) Watered-play. C) Water-play. D) Watered-played. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Water-played. 37. He talked to the headmaster just now. A) To. B) Just. C) Talked. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Talked. 38. Alison ..... a blue blouse and a pair of blue jeans. A) Wore. B) Wears. C) Wearing. D) Wear. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wore. 39. Snow white ..... the wild animal and she hide. A) Meets. B) Meeting. C) Meet. D) Met. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Met. 40. What is the past of pay? A) Payed. B) Paid. C) Ped. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paid. 41. The simple past of "play" is "playied" . A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 42. My brother ..... me a big present on my birthday last week. A) Give. B) Giving. C) Gave. D) Gived. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gave. 43. He (not, attend) the conference last year. A) He does not attend the conference last year. B) He will not attend the conference last year. C) He did not attend the conference last year. D) He is not attending the conference last year. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He did not attend the conference last year. 44. I usually ..... to school by bicycle because I want to lose weight (go) A) Goes. B) Go. C) Went. D) Gos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Go. 45. What is the past of make? A) Made. B) Make. C) Maked. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Made. 46. Formulate a sentence using the simple past of 'to go'. A) She goes to the store yesterday. B) She went to the store yesterday. C) She will go to the store yesterday. D) She gone to the store yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She went to the store yesterday. 47. He ..... the ball at me. A) Throwed. B) Threw. C) Throw. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Threw. 48. Did they (visit) the museum last week? A) They visited the museum last month. B) Yes, they visited the museum last week. C) No, they didn't go to the museum last week. D) Yes, they will visit the museum next week. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yes, they visited the museum last week. 49. Choose the correct past form of the verb ADMIT A) ADMITED. B) ADMITD. C) ADMITEED. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ADMITED. 50. Identify the simple past verb in the sentence:'He finished his homework.' A) Finished. B) Finishes. C) Finishing. D) Finish. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Finished. 51. The manager ..... (hire) the guy because of his intelligence. A) Hire. B) Hires. C) Hired. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hired. 52. She ..... (drink) a bottle of water last night. A) Drinked. B) Dronk. C) Drenk. D) Drank. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Drank. 53. What is the past form of the ver "TELL" ? A) Told. B) Tells. C) Telling. D) Telled. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Told. 54. Seven dwarfs ..... so shocked after knowing there was a girl inside their house. A) Was. B) Are. C) Is. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were. 55. The Mayans ..... 2, 000 years ago. A) Live. B) Lived. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lived. 56. I accidentally ..... (drop) the plate on the floor this morning. A) Dropped. B) Drops. C) Drop. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dropped. 57. Meng Huat ..... some stamps just now. A) Buy. B) Buys. C) Bought. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bought. 58. TRAVEL, WORK, and WAIT are regular verbs. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 59. Answer:Yes, I did. I went to Central Park.What was the question? A) Did you cook yesterday?. B) When did you wake up?. C) Did you go out?. D) What did you have for breakfast?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Did you go out?. 60. We (not, see) the movie last night. A) We did not see the movie last night. B) We do not see the movie last night. C) We have not seen the movie last night. D) We did not watch the movie last night. 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