This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Simple Past Tense – Quiz 36 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Simple Past Tense Quiz 36 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Ismail and Kamal ..... video games last Thursday afternoon. A) Played. B) Play. C) Plays. D) Playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Played. 2. We ..... to the cinema last Sunday. A) Going. B) Go. C) Goes. D) Went. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Went. 3. Yesterday, Sally ..... a book while I ..... dinner. A) Was reading-was making. B) Were reading-was making. C) Were reading-was making. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was reading-was making. 4. Change the following verbs in the past tense forms.decrease A) Decreases. B) Decreasing. C) Decreased. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Decreased. 5. I ..... to Samsun last Sunday. A) Fly. B) Flew. C) Flown. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flew. 6. What is narrative text? A) A text that tells us about our experince. B) A text tells us an imaginative story to entertain people. C) A text tells us about how to make/do something. D) A text tells us about a report. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A text tells us an imaginative story to entertain people. 7. Was Sally playing tennis while her brother ..... polo. A) Were playing. B) Was playing. C) Not was playing. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was playing. 8. Last year, she finally (A) the prize for reading the most number of books. A) Is winning. B) Win. C) Won. D) Wins. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Won. 9. How old ..... you when you ..... to ride a bicylcle for the first time. A) Are, learn. B) Were, learned. C) Will, learn. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were, learned. 10. Translate into English "I wasn't home when you came last night" A) I was at home when he came last night. B) I was not at home when he came last night. C) I were not at home when he came last night. D) I were at home when he came last night. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I was not at home when he came last night. 11. What ..... yesterday's date? A) Is. B) Is going to be. C) Was. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was. 12. We ..... him last night at the shopping mall. A) Seen. B) Sees. C) See. D) Saw. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Saw. 13. I ..... watching that series on Netflix . I ..... the ending. A) Finishes-did like. B) Finished-didn't like. C) Finished-like. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Finished-didn't like. 14. Choose the past form of "do" A) Doed. B) Dod. C) Did. D) Done. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Did. 15. The boys ..... at the school ten minutes ago. A) Is. B) Were. C) Are. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 16. She was very hungry last night, so she ..... a sandwich. A) Make. B) Were making. C) Made. D) Was making. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Made. 17. Did Marta ..... you this morning? A) Call. B) Calls. C) Called. D) Calling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Call. 18. My brothers and I ..... a meal for our parents' wedding anniversary. A) Prepared. B) Prepares. C) Prepare. D) Preparing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prepared. 19. We (A) hear the husband and wife were bickering two days ago at this time. A) Can. B) Couldn't. C) Cannot. D) Could. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Could. 20. Make the verb in ( ) past tense. A) Bakked. B) Baked. C) Baking. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Baked. 21. Which of the following verbs in the past simple is regular? A) Was. B) Played. C) Read. D) Gave. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Played. 22. Jessica ..... TV when I got home last night. A) Was watching. B) Watched. C) Were watching. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was watching. 23. I (A) complete my Malay homework. It was too difficult. A) Can. B) Cannot. C) Couldn't. D) Could. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Couldn't. 24. The giant (climb) ..... down the beanstalk to catch Jack. A) Climb. B) Climbs. C) Climbed. D) Climbing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Climbed. 25. Did you ..... to the library yesterday? A) Went. B) Going. C) Goes. D) Go. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Go. 26. Which Irregular verb correctly answers the sentence? Rebecca ..... all her paycheck money on lottery tickets, and now has no cash to pay for her apartment rent! A) Spent. B) Sought. C) Spended. D) Wasted. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spent. 27. He (A) not at home when his father called him. A) Is. B) Are. C) Was. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was. 28. Which verb is in the past simple? I did not see our English teacher today A) See. B) Teacher. C) Today. D) Did. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Did. 29. Choose the correct form of the verb in the simple past tense to complete the sentence.The boys ..... several games in the yard yesterday. A) Play. B) Plaid. C) Played. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Played. 30. I ..... a plate of noodles yesterday. A) Ate. B) Eats. C) Eating. D) Eat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ate. 31. They (not) submit their work on time. A) Do not submitted. B) Did not submit. C) Did not submitted. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did not submit. 32. They ..... their grandparents last night. A) Visited. B) Visit. C) Visiting. D) Visits. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Visited. 33. What is the form "to be" in the simple past tense? A) Is/are. B) Am/are. C) Is/were. D) Was/were. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was/were. 34. She (A) the dress that she wanted as it was out of stock. A) Cannot. B) Can. C) Could. D) Couldn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Couldn't. 35. Past tense of study = A) Studed. B) Studied. C) Studied. D) Styded. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Studied. 36. Past tense of verb 'to be'-are. A) Was. B) Is. C) Were. D) Am. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were. 37. Shakespeare's teacher ..... him grammar. A) Teach. B) Taught. C) Teached. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Taught. 38. The light ..... out while we ..... dinner. A) Went-were having. B) Went-was having. C) Go-were having. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Went-were having. 39. My mother ..... spaghetti a few days ago. A) Cooked. B) Cooking. C) Cooks. D) Cook. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cooked. 40. Choose the correct past tense of the verb to complete the sentences.My best friend (listen) as I recounted the things I learned. A) Listened. B) Listen. C) Listend. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Listened. 41. Which one of the following is irregular verb? A) Walked. B) Bought. C) Played. D) Travelled. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bought. 42. She (A) her best friend a copy of Jammy Oliver's Cookbook for her birthday last night . A) Gives. B) Is giving. C) Give. D) Gave. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gave. 43. Where ..... you go last Saturday night? A) Did. B) Do. C) Does. D) Didn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did. 44. (A) she listening to the story or (A) she sleeping? A) Is, is. B) Are, are. C) Was, was. D) Were, were. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was, was. 45. It ..... (be) about robots though. A) Is. B) Are. C) Were. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was. 46. Your friend (A) not happy that she had to wait for you. A) Were. B) Is. C) Are. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was. 47. Choose the correct past tense of the verb to complete the sentences.I (think) my notebook wasn't going to be enough. A) Thought. B) Thinked. C) Thinkd. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thought. 48. Ms. Stephens ..... shopping for her wedding dress. A) Go. B) Goed. C) Goes. D) Went. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Went. 49. We ..... together last night A) Studied. B) Studies. C) Are studying. D) Study. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Studied. 50. Change the following verbs in the past tense forms.fall A) Fell. B) Falled. C) Falls. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fell. 51. Yesterday, I (go) ..... to college by motorcycle. A) Go. B) Went. C) Want. D) Goed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Went. 52. Where (are) ..... you yesterday? A) Are. B) Is. C) Was. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were. 53. The simple past form of ' study' is ..... A) Studyed. B) Studied. C) Studdied. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Studied. 54. This room ..... full of students yesterday morning. A) Has. B) Is. C) Were. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was. 55. What is the simple present tense form of 'cost'? A) Costed. B) Cost. C) Coast. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cost. 56. You (A) not invited to the concert last week. A) Are. B) Is. C) Were. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were. 57. Make the verb in ( ) past tense. My friend ..... (jump) over the wall. A) Jumped. B) Jumps. C) Jumping. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jumped. 58. Hafiz:Where did you go last night? Nizar:I ..... for a movie with my friends. A) Go. B) Going. C) Went. D) Goes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Went. 59. It ..... heavily yesterday morning. A) Rains. B) Raining. C) Rained. D) Rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rained. 60. Yesterday morning, Natasya ..... at 5.00 o'clock. A) Gets up. B) Got up. C) Get up. D) Getting up. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Got up. ← 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