This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Simple Past Tense – Quiz 30 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Simple Past Tense Quiz 30 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the past tense of the verb "have" ? A) Haved. B) Had. C) Hadden. D) Has. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had. 2. Robin Hood was a character who ..... from the rich and ..... to the poor. A) Stole-gives. B) Stole-gave. C) Steal-gave. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stole-gave. 3. Is there a mistake below? A) Change 'Did' into 'Was'. B) Change 'walked' into 'walk'. C) No mistake. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Change 'walked' into 'walk'. 4. He ..... a glass of milk and ..... a slice of bread this morning. A) Drank, ate. B) Drink, eat. C) Drinks, eats. D) Drinking, eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Drank, ate. 5. My father ..... some mangoes last night. A) Buys. B) Bought. C) Buying. D) Buy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bought. 6. Choose the correct past tense for ' make ' A) Made. B) Makes. C) Maked. D) Making. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Made. 7. Who (eat) ..... my chocolate? A) Ate. B) Eats. C) Eating. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ate. 8. Ronan ..... (play) football in the stadium last week. A) Plays. B) Playing. C) Plalyed. D) Play. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plalyed. 9. Signal words use in past tense for an indefinite point in time. A) At nine o'clock. B) The other day, ages ago, a long time ago. C) Today, always, seldom. D) Yesterday, last week, last year. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The other day, ages ago, a long time ago. 10. Choose the correct form of the verb in the simple past tense. She ..... on her new red dress. A) Tryed. B) Tried. C) Tryd. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tried. 11. Choose the correct form of the verb in the simple past tense to complete the sentence.The old man ..... a big bag. A) Carry. B) Caried. C) Carried. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carried. 12. Mum and Dad ..... (have) sandwiches while I ..... (enjoy) a hamburger. A) Had/enjoys. B) Have/enjoyed. C) Had/enjoyed. D) Has/enjoys. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had/enjoyed. 13. Give the past form of is. A) Were. B) Had. C) Has. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was. 14. While John was sleeping last night someone ..... his car. A) Stole. B) Steal. C) Were stealing. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stole. 15. Climb $\rightarrow$ A) Climbed. B) Climbbed. C) Climdeed. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Climbed. 16. She ..... her best performance ever. (give) A) Gove. B) Given. C) Gave. D) Gives. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gave. 17. Choose the correct past simple verb to fill the gap in sentence. A) Didn't enjoy. B) Wasn't enjoy. C) Enjoying. D) Enjoyed. E) Didn't enjoyed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Didn't enjoy. 18. Which Irregular verb correctly answers the sentence? The goalie quickly ..... the ball that was kicked towards him. A) Thought. B) Caught. C) Fought. D) Lit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Caught. 19. Did the students ..... English three days ago? A) Studying. B) Study. C) Studied. D) Studies. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Study. 20. The boys ..... about soccer when their father ..... A) Was talking-arrived. B) Were talking-arrives. C) Were talking-arrived. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were talking-arrived. 21. Past tense of 'meet'. A) Meets. B) Meeted. C) Met. D) Mets. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Met. 22. Choose the simple past tense of the word 'bring'. A) Bought. B) Bringed. C) Brought. D) Bring. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brought. 23. In the simple past, there are: A) REGULAR & IRREGULAR VERBS. B) REGULAR VERBS ONLY. C) IRREGULAR VERBS ONLY. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) REGULAR & IRREGULAR VERBS. 24. Tan (A) a very interesting poem about his mother's life. A) Write. B) Wrote. C) Is writing. D) Writes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wrote. 25. Choose the past form of "speak" A) Speaked. B) Speakked. C) Spoke. D) Spoken. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spoke. 26. Qisya and her sister ..... in the river last holiday. A) Swim. B) Swam. C) Swimmed. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Swam. 27. A: ..... Jackson and Jim go to school yesterday? B:Yes, ..... A) Do, he do. B) Did, they did. C) Do, he does. D) Did, he did. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did, they did. 28. My mother (is) ..... a nurse 10 years ago A) Were. B) Is. C) Was. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was. 29. When do we use the past simple? A) To talk about what is happening now. B) To talk about events and finished situations from the past. C) To talk about events and situations from the future. D) To talk about a noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To talk about events and finished situations from the past. 30. What is the PAST SIMPLE of the verb "go" ? A) Goed. B) Gone. C) Went. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Went. 31. Mr. Blue ..... coffee in the library when I called him. A) Was drinking. B) Was drink. C) Were drinking. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was drinking. 32. Choose the correct past simple verb to fill the gap in sentence.A:Who ..... Mona Lisa? B:Leonardo da Vinci ..... it. A) Did painted / painted. B) Painted / painted. C) Did painting/painting. D) Did paint / painted. E) Paints / paint. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Did paint / painted. 33. How do you say I didn't go to your house yesterday because I was studying for an English exam in English? A) I went to your house yesterday because I studied for my English test test. B) I went to your house yesterday because I didn't study for my English test test. C) I didn't go to your house yesterday because I studied for my English test. D) I didn't go to your house yesterday because I study for my English test. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I didn't go to your house yesterday because I studied for my English test. 34. We (book) ..... two tickets for the show. A) Book. B) Books. C) Booking. D) Booked. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Booked. 35. He (hurt) his leg when he fell down just now. A) Hurt. B) Hurted. C) Hurten. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hurt. 36. AT THE MOMENT OF PRONOUNCING THE PAST OF THE REGULAR VERB EDUCATE, I HEAR SOMETHING LIKE ..... A) -T. B) ED. C) -ID. D) -D. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) -ID. 37. What expressions do we use in the simple past tense? A) A month ago. B) Today. C) Tomorrow. D) The next millennium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A month ago. 38. Make the verb in ( ) past tense. Last week I ..... (kick) a ball. A) Kicking. B) Kicks. C) Kicked. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kicked. 39. I (A) go to the theatre because we had to rush to the hospital to see my grandmother. A) Cannot. B) Can. C) Could. D) Couldn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Couldn't. 40. Lily (A) a brilliant and diligent student when she was in college. A) Are. B) Was. C) Is. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 41. I ..... my aunt when I ..... to Penang last month. A) Visit, go. B) Visiting, going. C) Visiits, goes. D) Visited, went. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Visited, went. 42. Complete the sentence with the correct verb in the past simple ..... (be) they angry after losing the game? A) Was. B) Were. C) Are. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 43. Which one of the following is not the example of narrative text? A) Fairy tale, report, mystery. B) Fairy tale, science fiction, history. C) Fairy tale, myth and legend, fable. D) Fairt tale, horror, romance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fairy tale, report, mystery. 44. Mrs. Sulastri ..... snack last time for the meeting. A) Brought. B) Brung. C) Bought. D) Brings. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brought. 45. The bus ..... an hour ago A) Leaves. B) Leaved. C) Left. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Left. 46. Complete the sentence with the verb in the past simple.My English teacher ..... great yesterday! A) Were. B) Was. C) Is. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 47. My uncle ..... me to the museum last week. A) Taking. B) Took. C) Takes. D) Take. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Took. 48. Past tense of visit? A) Visits. B) Visited. C) Visiteed. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Visited. 49. Take $\rightarrow$ A) Takes. B) Taked. C) Took. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Took. 50. I ..... my finger while I ..... some bread. A) Cut-were cutting. B) Cut-was cutting. C) Was cutting-cut. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cut-was cutting. 51. They ..... a birthday cake yesterday. A) Bought. B) Buying. C) Buys. D) Buy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bought. 52. Make the verb in ( ) past tense. Last month I ..... (watch) a movie. A) Watched. B) Watching. C) Watches. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Watched. 53. He was talking to his friend when he ..... a strange noise. A) Hear. B) Heard. C) Hears. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Heard. 54. What is the past simple of the verb "to walk" ? A) Washed. B) Wolk. C) Walked. D) Watched. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Walked. 55. I can't find my book. It ..... here five minutes ago. A) Am. B) Is. C) Were. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was. 56. In 2000, there ..... ten cinemas in my hometown. A) Are. B) Were. C) Was. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 57. Make this verb PAST TENSE.call A) Called. B) Calleed. C) Calld. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Called. 58. Yesterday, my mother ..... us a wonderful meal for lunch. A) Cooking. B) Cooked. C) Cook. D) Cooks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cooked. 59. She has ..... in Melbourne since two years ago A) Studying. B) Study. C) Studied. D) Students. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Studied. 60. The other verbs that DO NOT end with-ED in the simple past are: A) Regular. B) Formal. C) Irregular. D) Informal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irregular. ← 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