This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Simple Past Tense – Quiz 28 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Simple Past Tense Quiz 28 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the past of say? A) Sayed. B) Sed. C) Said. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Said. 2. I ..... about a yellow unicorn last night. A) Dreamed. B) Slept. C) Think. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dreamed. 3. 10/ Last week i ..... table tennis with Duy. A) Played. B) Watched. C) Saw. D) Went. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Played. 4. He ..... the English exam yesterday. A) Don't passed. B) Didn't passed. C) Didn't pass. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Didn't pass. 5. I ..... born in Johor. A) Was. B) Were. C) Am. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 6. My mum ..... (sleep) poorly last night. A) Is sleeping. B) Sleeped. C) Slept. D) Sleeps. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Slept. 7. Oh No, I ..... send the email yesterday but I forgot A) Have to. B) Having to. C) Has to. D) Had to. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had to. 8. My friend, Lily ..... (fall) on the ground two days ago. A) Falls. B) Fall. C) Feel. D) Fell. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fell. 9. I ..... in the marathon. A) Run. B) Ran. C) Ron. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ran. 10. How many hours ..... you ..... in Facebook yesterday? A) Do, spent. B) Did, spent. C) Did, spend. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Did, spend. 11. Identify the regular verb in the sentence:She walked to the park. A) Jogged. B) Strolled. C) Walked. D) Ran. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Walked. 12. Classes ..... early in the morning. A) Began. B) Begin. C) Beginned. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Began. 13. Dinosaurs ..... extinct before primitive men existed. A) Was. B) Is. C) Am. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were. 14. Was Misbun Sidek a badminton player? A) Yes, he was. B) Yes, he were. C) Yes, it was. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes, he was. 15. William ..... a member of a theater company. A) Become. B) Became. C) Becomes. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Became. 16. Which of the following is a regular verb in simple past? A) Walked. B) Jumped. C) Played. D) Talked. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Walked. 17. Mira built a big sandcastle with her sister. A) Built. B) Her. C) Sandcastle. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Built. 18. The children ..... playing in the yard when I saw them. A) Was. B) Were. C) Did. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 19. They learn. (Choose the simple past tense) A) They learnt. B) They learn. C) They are learning. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They learnt. 20. Jerry:How ..... you ..... to the fair yesterday?Alice:We took a taxi. A) Did / went. B) Did / go. C) Were / go. D) Was / go. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did / go. 21. Where ..... you spend your holiday? A) Has done. B) Did. C) Done. D) Do. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did. 22. The simple past of "run" A) Runned. B) Rand. C) Ran. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ran. 23. Formulate a sentence using the simple past of 'to see'. A) I see a movie yesterday. B) I will see a movie yesterday. C) I seen a movie yesterday. D) I saw a movie yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I saw a movie yesterday. 24. What ..... you ..... two days ago? A) Did-did. B) Do-did. C) Did-do. D) Do-do. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Did-do. 25. True or False:The past form of "have" is "had." A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 26. What is the past of leave? A) Left. B) Leaved. C) Lefted. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Left. 27. The Mayan women didn't ..... in the kitchen. A) Cook. B) Cooked. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cook. 28. My baby cousin, Leo ..... (cry) loudly an hour ago because he was hungry. A) Cries. B) Crying. C) Cried. D) Cry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cried. 29. My sister ..... home last night A) Come. B) Came. C) Comes. D) Was come. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Came. 30. ..... Mike and his mother at the airport to meet you? A) Were. B) Was. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 31. We (travel) to Spain last summer. A) We traveled to Spain last summer. B) We traveling to Spain last summer. C) We travels to Spain last summer. D) We travel to Spain last summer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) We traveled to Spain last summer. 32. The artist ..... a potrait of our Prime Minister and represented it to him. A) Draw. B) Drew. C) Draws. D) Was drawing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Drew. 33. Yesterday, I (get) ..... up at 6 and (have) ..... breakfast at 6. 30. A) Goting/have. B) Got/had. C) Got/has. D) Getting/had. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Got/had. 34. Choose the correct simple past form:'They (build) a house.' A) Building. B) Built. C) Builded. D) Build. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Built. 35. What is the simple past form of 'eat'? A) Ate. B) Eated. C) Eats. D) Eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ate. 36. Nina tried to lift the heavy box by herself. A) Lift. B) By. C) Tried. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tried. 37. John ..... (not go) to school last week because he was ill. A) Doesn't go. B) Didn't went. C) Don't go. D) Didn't go. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Didn't go. 38. Use the simple past tense in a sentence about a movie you watched. A) I watched 'Inception' next week. B) I am watching 'Inception' right now. C) I watched 'Inception' last night. D) I will watch 'Inception' tomorrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I watched 'Inception' last night. 39. Formulate a sentence using the simple past of 'to eat'. A) I eating an apple yesterday. B) I ate an apple yesterday. C) I eat an apple yesterday. D) I will eat an apple yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I ate an apple yesterday. 40. Choose the correct negative structure for the simple past tense A) Subject + not + verb + complement. B) Subject + verb in past + not + complement. C) Subject + did + not + verb + complement. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subject + did + not + verb + complement. 41. Lucy ..... to bring her Pulse 2 textbook to school today. A) Forgot. B) Forgets. C) Forget. D) Forgetting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Forgot. 42. The simple past of "drive" A) Droved. B) Drived. C) Drove. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Drove. 43. She ..... for the food we ordered for the orphans. A) Paying. B) Pays. C) Paid. D) Pay. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Paid. 44. Lucy ..... her mother's watch, so she bought a new one. A) Broke. B) Crashed. C) Forgot. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Broke. 45. We ..... our new home quickly. A) Built. B) Builded. C) Builted. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Built. 46. She (not finish) her homework yesterday. A) She did not finish her homework yesterday. B) She will not finish her homework yesterday. C) She finished her homework yesterday. D) She does not finish her homework yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She did not finish her homework yesterday. 47. Mark the answer that completes the dialogue:A:I ( ..... ) to China this year.B:When ( ..... ) there? A) Have been / did you go. B) Have been / have you gone. C) Was / have you gone. D) Have been / have you been. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Have been / did you go. 48. What is the past form of the verb "JUMP" ? A) Jumps. B) Jump. C) Jumping. D) Jumped. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jumped. 49. They (don't) study history A) Did not. B) Day. C) Did. D) Do not. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did not. 50. She played mini golf yesterday. A) What did she play yesterday?. B) When did she play?. C) Where did she play?. D) Who did she play with?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What did she play yesterday?. 51. I ..... (5) so many interesting places. A) Visit. B) Is visit. C) Visited. D) Visiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Visited. 52. Some mice that ..... at the foot of the tree ..... over the sleeping lion to return to their home. A) Living-scrambling. B) Lived-scrambled. C) Live-scramble. D) Lives-scrambles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lived-scrambled. 53. Mr. John ..... to his students outside the library during recess just now. A) Spoken. B) Speaks. C) Speaking. D) Spoke. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spoke. 54. Change the sentence to past tense:'They are going to the park.' A) They are going to the park. B) They have gone to the park. C) They will go to the park. D) They went to the park. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They went to the park. 55. Tom ..... (clean) the living room when Jane arrived A) Was cleaning. B) Cleaned. C) Cleans. D) Were cleaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was cleaning. 56. Did you watch t.v. last weekend? A) Yes, I did. B) No, I didn't. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes, I did. 57. I drank ..... much soda yesterday morning. A) Too enough. B) To. C) Enough. D) Too. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Too. 58. Last summer, she went hiking. A) What did she do last summer?. B) Where did she go?. C) Who did she go with?. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What did she do last summer?. 59. She saw some horses. A) Where did she go?. B) Who did she go with?. C) What did she see?. D) What did she see?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What did she see?. 60. When he ..... younger, he played with tricycle. A) Am. B) Is. C) Were. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was. ← 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