This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Simple Past Tense – Quiz 32 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Simple Past Tense Quiz 32 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. They (A) not members of the Popular Book Club last year . A) Is. B) Were. C) Are. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 2. Which question is correctly used in the past simple? A) When do they leave last night?. B) When do they leave last night?. C) When did she leave last night?. D) When do you leave last night?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When did she leave last night?. 3. Josefina ..... (paint) a pretty picture. A) Paintted. B) Painting. C) Painted. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Painted. 4. I (FEEL) ..... SO TIRED THAT I WENT STRAIGHT TO BED A) FEELS. B) DIDN'T FELT. C) FELTED. D) FELT. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) FELT. 5. Complete the sentence with correct verb in the past simple.They ..... (go) to school in Groningen A) Went. B) Are going. C) Wented. D) Go. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Went. 6. Choose the simple past tense of the word 'learn'. A) Learnd. B) Learn. C) Learning. D) Learnt. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Learnt. 7. The children ..... in the park when it started to rain. A) Was running. B) Were running. C) Ran. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were running. 8. The brave boy ..... into the river to save the girl. A) Jumps. B) Jumping. C) Jumped. D) Jump. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jumped. 9. Choose the correct past tense of the verb to complete the sentences.I (tell) her about the tunnel that recreated the battle in Corregidor. A) Telled. B) Telld. C) Told. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Told. 10. Ashraf ..... to the forest yesterday. A) Go. B) Went. C) Goes. D) Going. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Went. 11. I didn't call Patrick because I ..... it A) Forget. B) Forgot. C) Was forgetting. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Forgot. 12. Change the verb in the bracets into Past TenseClara:How was your exam? Amanda:I was exhausted at the end of the exam. I (write) ..... more than 500 words. A) Is write. B) Writes. C) Written. D) Writing. E) Wrote. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Wrote. 13. Last summer my parents and I ..... on a cultural holiday. A) Are. B) Is. C) Were. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were. 14. It was a funny situation this morning when Ali fell from the chair, but nobody ..... A) Laugh. B) Laughs. C) Laughing. D) Laughed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Laughed. 15. I ..... (not remember) the name. A) Didn't remember. B) Don't remember. C) Doesn't remember. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Don't remember. 16. Catch $\rightarrow$ A) Catches. B) Catched. C) Caught. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Caught. 17. The past simple has two forms, which are they? A) Formal/informal. B) Verb/adverb. C) Adjective/noun. D) Regular/irregular. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Regular/irregular. 18. What is the past form of "fall ''? A) Falling. B) Falled. C) Fell. D) Fells. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fell. 19. She (A) a gift from her parents for doing well in the recent examination. A) Received. B) Receive. C) Receives. D) Is receiving. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Received. 20. When do we use past tense? A) To talk about an action that happens in the present. B) To talk about an action that will happen in the future. C) To talk about an action that happened in the past. D) To talk about an action that did not happen in the past. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To talk about an action that happened in the past. 21. I (A) to get 3As for my UPSR and my parents were thrilled of my achievement. A) Manages. B) Manage. C) Is managing. D) Managed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Managed. 22. He ..... a lot in class last year. A) Talks. B) Talk. C) Talking. D) Talked. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Talked. 23. ..... Aik Cheong visit his friend last night? A) Do. B) Doing. C) Did. D) Does. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Did. 24. We ..... (take) the MTR there. A) Taken. B) Take. C) Takes. D) Took. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Took. 25. Three years ago, we ..... some old music CDs that we used to listen to. A) Are finding. B) Found. C) Find. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Found. 26. Choose the correct past tense of the verb to complete the sentences.Last year, my family and I (go) to Canada. A) Goed. B) Gowed. C) Went. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Went. 27. Question:Was he a famous writer before? Response:No, he (A). A) Aren't. B) Wasn't. C) Weren't. D) Isn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wasn't. 28. THE SIMPLE PAST OF THE VERB CRY IS ..... A) CRIED. B) CRYING. C) CRYIED. D) CRIES. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) CRIED. 29. Which of these words is the correct simple past tense form of the verb cheat? A) Cheatted. B) Cheating. C) Cheat. D) Cheated. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cheated. 30. Choose the correct form of the verb in the simple past tense. Liam ..... for the pandemic to end . A) Wisshed. B) Wishd. C) Wished. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wished. 31. Make the verb in ( ) past tense. On Saturday, my mother ..... (cook) spaghetti. A) Cooks. B) Cooked. C) Cooking. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cooked. 32. They ..... a ramen yesterday. A) Buying. B) Buy. C) Bought. D) Bring. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bought. 33. We (are) ..... still here after you went home A) Are. B) Were. C) Was. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 34. It ..... hard when I ..... this morning. A) Was raining-left. B) Was rainning-left. C) Were rainning-leave. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was raining-left. 35. Jeremy (win) a prize last month. A) Wonned. B) Wined. C) Winned. D) Won. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Won. 36. Choose the correct form of the verb in the simple past tense to complete the sentence.The men ..... several trash bins last night. A) Clean. B) Cleanned. C) Cleaned. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cleaned. 37. 'Nasty, mean remarks fell unabated from my lips.'Which word is in simple past tense? A) Unabated. B) Fell. C) Mean. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fell. 38. Jerry didn't like statistic when he was in secondary school. but now he is a statistics major in university.The past tense in the sentence is to show ..... A) Comparison about past and present. B) The origin of something. C) Comparison and its reason. D) Reason of one's condition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comparison about past and present. 39. Jame:Did you play tennis? Nana: ..... A) Yes, I did. B) Yes, I play. C) Yes, I do. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes, I did. 40. What is the simple past tense form of 'put'? A) Put. B) Putted. C) Pat. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Put. 41. Last Monday, Alia and Anis ..... me to the shopping centre to buy me a gift. A) Taking. B) Take. C) Takes. D) Took. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Took. 42. Where ..... she yesterday evening? A) Is. B) Was. C) Were. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 43. Aminah ..... a car last week and took her family to Langkawi. A) Buy. B) Bought. C) Buys. D) Buying. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bought. 44. Choose the correct form of the verb in the simple past tense to complete the sentence.The girl ..... when she saw her favorite basketball player. A) Blush. B) Blusshed. C) Blushed. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Blushed. 45. The past tense of drive is ..... A) Drived. B) Drove. C) Druw. D) Drew. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Drove. 46. Choose the correct past tense of the verb to complete the sentences.I even (smell) some gunpowder in the tunnel. A) Smelld. B) Smelled. C) Smold. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Smelled. 47. What is the past form of swim? A) Swam. B) Swum. C) Swims. D) Swimming. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Swam. 48. What are regular verbs? A) Verbs that describe people. B) Those that form their past participle with "d" and "ed" . C) Verbs that regularly hide. D) A verb that does not follow the normal pattern of inflection. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Those that form their past participle with "d" and "ed" . 49. Iman ..... to the park yesterday evening. A) Cycling. B) Cycles. C) Cycle. D) Cycled. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cycled. 50. Which of these words is the correct simple past tense form of the verb skip? A) Skipping. B) Skiped. C) Skipped. D) Skip. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skipped. 51. Alice ..... her aunt in Singapore once a year. A) Visit. B) Visits. C) Visiting. D) Visited. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Visits. 52. Her friend, Aaron Aziz is a famous actor. He ..... in many movies in Malaysia. A) Acted. B) Act. C) Was acting. D) Acts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Acted. 53. I ..... that movie last month. A) Watched. B) Watch. C) Watches. D) Watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Watched. 54. Organisers (A) the event at the Indoor Stadium in Johor Bahru. A) Holded. B) Held. C) Hold. D) Holds. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Held. 55. Try (past tense) A) Tryed. B) Drove. C) Tried. D) Tied. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tried. 56. Form a Yes/No question using the words given: A) Did David bought a car last year?. B) Did David buy a car last year?. C) Was David buy a car last year?. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did David buy a car last year?. 57. Choose the simple past tense of the word 'dine'. A) Dine. B) Dinned. C) Dinner. D) Dined. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dined. 58. I ..... coffee with my family last night. A) Drinks. B) Drank. C) Drunk. D) Drink. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Drank. 59. Choose the past form of "drive" A) Drived. B) Drove. C) Drivet. D) Driven. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Drove. 60. Choose the correct form of the verb in the simple past tense to complete the sentence.The youngest son ..... as he gave his gift to his grandfather. A) Bow. B) Bowwed. C) Bowed. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bowed. ← 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