This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Simple Past Tense – Quiz 34 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Simple Past Tense Quiz 34 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Change the verb in the brackets into Past Tense.Robert:Hi Alice, what did you do last weekend? Alice:I did a lot of things. On Saturday, I (go) ..... shopping. A) Gone. B) Went. C) Was go. D) Goes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Went. 2. Rosy (A) playing piano when she was seven. A) Learns. B) Learn. C) Learnt. D) Is learning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Learnt. 3. She (A) late for the violin examination yesterday . A) Are. B) Is. C) Were. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was. 4. AT THE MOMENT OF PRONOUNCING THE PAST OF THE REGULAR VERB WASH, I HEAR SOMETHING LIKE ..... A) -T. B) -D. C) -ID. D) -ED. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -T. 5. He ..... (listen) to his teacher attentively. A) Listen. B) Listened. C) Listent. D) Listens. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Listened. 6. Wendy's hair ..... short last month, but now her hair is long A) Are. B) Is. C) Were. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was. 7. Finally, we ..... (walk) to a cinema and ..... (watch) a film. A) Walked/watched. B) Walks/watched. C) Walks/watches. D) Walk/watched. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Walked/watched. 8. My father ..... at the park regularly. A) Exercised. B) Exercising. C) Exercise. D) Exercises. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Exercises. 9. Change the following verbs in the past tense forms. Escalate A) Escalating. B) Escalates. C) Escalated. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Escalated. 10. This morning, Maisarah ..... the onions into small cubes while listening to the music. A) Chops. B) Chopping. C) Chopped. D) Chop. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chopped. 11. Diana ..... (draw) a beautiful portrait yesterday. A) Draws. B) Drew. C) Draw. D) Drawed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Drew. 12. Make this verb PAST TENSE.cry A) Cryied. B) Cryed. C) Cried. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cried. 13. Positive:I got up early last weekend. Choose the Negative: A) I did not get up early last weekend. B) I not got up early last weekend. C) I did not got up early last weekend. D) I get up not early last weekend. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I did not get up early last weekend. 14. (Be) you frightened by the horror film we saw this morning? A) Were. B) Was. C) Am. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 15. What were you doing when you ..... your leg? A) Break. B) Broke. C) Breaks. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Broke. 16. Which among the following sentences did not use the simple past tense correctly? A) They taught the quarantine violators the importance of following the rules. B) Where did you have your vaccine?. C) Why did you choose Sinovac rather than AstraZeneca?. D) We did not registered to get the vaccine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) We did not registered to get the vaccine. 17. (Unicap-PE) "Did you get a chance to talk to the principal? " "No, he left while I ..... a test. A) Am talking. B) Was talking. C) Were talking. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was talking. 18. Lina ..... (meet) her sister at the canteen just now. A) Meets. B) Met. C) Meeted. D) Meet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Met. 19. Choose the Regular Verbs: A) Check, watch, walk. B) Drink, eat, make. C) Were, am, be. D) Take, be, was. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Check, watch, walk. 20. Choose the correct past tense of the verb to complete the sentences.I (write) down everything I saw on a notebook. A) Writed. B) Written. C) Wrote. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wrote. 21. My parents ..... to Sarawak this morning. A) Going. B) Went. C) Goes. D) Go. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Went. 22. Some verbs in the past simple end with-ED, why? Because they are: A) Formal. B) Irregular. C) Informal. D) Regular. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Regular. 23. MY COUSINS ..... CALI LAST YEAR IN ORDER TO VISIT OUR GRANDPAS. A) VISITS. B) VISITED. C) VISITING. D) VISITTED. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) VISITED. 24. Two days ago at recess, we ..... tag. A) Will play. B) Play. C) Played. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Played. 25. What ..... you ..... while I was out walking? A) Was-doing. B) Are-doing. C) Were-doing. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were-doing. 26. Choose the correct word to fill in the blanks. The train ..... a long whistle before it left the station. A) Blowed. B) Blew. C) Blown. D) Blow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Blew. 27. Last summer, I ..... a very big fish! It was amazing! A) Am catching. B) Catch. C) Caught. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Caught. 28. Choose the correct form of the verb in the simple past tense. The crowd ..... and hummed. A) Buzzd. B) Buzzed. C) Buzzeed. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Buzzed. 29. The old woman (bake) ..... some cookies for her family yesterday. A) Bake. B) Baking. C) Baked. D) Bakes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Baked. 30. Hailkal ..... on a holiday last week, where he enjoyed himself with his friends. A) Was going. B) Went. C) Go. D) Goes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Went. 31. Our English teacher, Mr. Raj ..... us with passion for many years. A) Teaches. B) Teach. C) Teaching. D) Taught. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Taught. 32. When I ..... back, my mom ..... dinner. A) Got-was cooking. B) Get-was cooking. C) Was getting-was cooking. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Got-was cooking. 33. Choose the correct form of the verb in the simple past tense to complete the sentence.It ..... a lot of chemicals. A) Contained. B) Contain. C) Cointained. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Contained. 34. The ship slowly (sink) to the bottom of the sea last night. A) Sank. B) Sinks. C) Sinked. D) Sunken. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sank. 35. What is the PAST SIMPLE of the verb "see" ? A) Saw-because the verb is irregular. B) Seed-because the verb is regular. C) Sew-because yes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Saw-because the verb is irregular. 36. Form a Wh-question using the words given: A) Tom was excited an hour ago why?. B) Why did Tom excited an hour ago?. C) Why was Tom excited an hour ago?. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Why was Tom excited an hour ago?. 37. ..... there any cheese in the plate two hours ago? A) Were. B) Is. C) Was. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was. 38. Mary ..... in New York City ten years ago. A) Lives. B) Will live. C) Lived. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lived. 39. They ..... soccer yesterday. A) Ate. B) Cooked. C) Played. D) Bought. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Played. 40. ..... you tired yesterday morning? A) Were. B) Is. C) Are. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 41. Included in the time signal in the simple past tense are the following, except ..... A) Next year. B) Yesterday. C) Two days ago. D) Last month. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Next year. 42. Choose the Irregular Verbs: A) Fly, have, study. B) Meet, go, talk. C) Speak, leave, know. D) Visit, miss, try. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Speak, leave, know. 43. They ..... when the police arrived. A) Wasn't fighting. B) Weren't fighting. C) Was fighting. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Weren't fighting. 44. How ..... your exam last week? A) Are. B) Were. C) Is. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was. 45. Choose the correct past tense for ' teach ' A) Teaching. B) Teaches. C) Teached. D) Taught. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Taught. 46. Tuti:Where did you go yesterday, Rani? Rani:I ..... to Bandung with my mother.Tuti:How did you go there? Rani:By bus. A) Am going. B) Go. C) Went. D) Have gone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Went. 47. While the children ....., we cleaned the house. A) Was sleeping. B) Were sleeping. C) Were sleep. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were sleeping. 48. What ..... on vacation last summer? A) Will you do. B) Are you doing. C) Did you do. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Did you do. 49. He ( collect) ..... his children from school. A) Collected. B) Collects. C) Collecting. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Collected. 50. Which of the following verbs in the past simple is irregular? A) Asked. B) Liked. C) Found. D) Loved. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Found. 51. The prisoner ..... from the jail last night. A) Escape. B) Escapes. C) Escaping. D) Escaped. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Escaped. 52. A long time ago, he (A) beautifully. Now, she can't. A) Cannot swim. B) Could swim. C) Can swim. D) Couldn't swim. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Couldn't swim. 53. I ..... a letter to my uncle yesterday. A) Wrote. B) Writes. C) Writing. D) Write. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wrote. 54. My sister ..... late for school, because the alarm clock ..... A) Were-didn't ring. B) Was-didn't rang. C) Was-didn't ring. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was-didn't ring. 55. Many activities (A) place in the longhouses such as dancing, singing and drinking rice wine during the last night celebration. A) Takes. B) Took. C) Taked. D) Take. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Took. 56. Make the verb in ( ) past tense. The day before yesterday, I ..... (play) with my toys. A) Playing. B) Plays. C) Played. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Played. 57. Climb (past tense) A) Climate. B) Climbbed. C) Climbeed. D) Climbed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Climbed. 58. The lady ..... some cookies for her family last night. A) Bakes. B) Bake. C) Baked. D) Baking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Baked. 59. Change the verb in the bracets into Past TenseRobert:Hi Alice, what did you do last weekend? Alice:I did a lot of things. On Saturday, I (go) ..... shopping. A) Went. B) Gone. C) Goes. D) Going. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Went. 60. Which verb is in the simple past? A) Like. B) Liking. C) Liked. D) Likes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Liked. ← 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