This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Simple Past Tense – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Simple Past Tense Quiz 8 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which sentence uses the correct past tense for the verb 'see'? A) I saw a cool bird outside. B) I seed a cool bird outside. C) I see a cool bird outside. D) I seen a cool bird outside. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I saw a cool bird outside. 2. When Mimi ..... this sad story, I ..... a lot. A) Told, cried. B) Told, cries. C) Tells, cries. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Told, cried. 3. I ..... up at 7:00 am today morning. A) Wakes. B) Waken. C) Wake. D) Woke. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Woke. 4. Siti and Mariam ..... dinner for their family every night. A) Cooked. B) Cooks. C) Cooking. D) Cook. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cook. 5. I hope that didn't ..... any mistakes on that test A) Making. B) Made. C) Make. D) Maked. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Make. 6. Which is the past tense for complain? A) Complainned. B) Complained. C) Complainied. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Complained. 7. Peter ..... in my house for 3 days last month. A) Stoy. B) Staied. C) Stay. D) Stayed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stayed. 8. I ..... (hurt) my leg, yesterday. A) Hurt. B) Hurted. C) Hurts. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hurt. 9. Sam ..... attend math class yesterday A) Does not. B) Did not. C) Was not. D) Were not. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did not. 10. My lil bro ..... a new motorcycle a year ago. A) Has. B) Having. C) Have. D) Had. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had. 11. They (bring) ..... the sandwich. A) Brought. B) Brang. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brought. 12. My brother ..... this novel yesterday A) Readed. B) Reading. C) Read. D) Reads. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Read. 13. Choose the correct past form of go: A) Goes. B) Went. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Went. 14. True or False:To make the sentence "They were at the party" negative, you would write "They didn't be at the party." A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 15. She ..... very tired after the long journey. A) Was. B) Is. C) Am. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 16. He ..... a dog last year. A) Have. B) Had kept. C) Had. D) Has. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had. 17. Columbus ..... (discover) America in 1492. A) Discoverd. B) Discovering. C) Discovered. D) Discoverred. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Discovered. 18. Yesterday they ..... to the park and ..... some pictures. A) Go, took. B) Went, took. C) Go, take. D) Went, take. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Went, took. 19. You didn't ..... her the truth, did you? A) Tell. B) Telling. C) Told. D) Telled. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tell. 20. My brother ..... a letter for me A) Wrote. B) Writing. C) Was writting. D) Write. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wrote. 21. Last year, I ..... to Korea with my family. A) Traveled. B) Travels. C) Travel. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Traveled. 22. Did they have a meeting ..... ? A) Yesterday. B) At the moment. C) For. D) Now. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yesterday. 23. Untuk mengungkapkan peristiwa/kegiatan yang sudah terjadi kita dapat menggunakan ..... A) Present Continous Tense. B) Simple Future Tense. C) Simple Present Tense. D) Simple Past Tense. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simple Past Tense. 24. Simple Past Tense-rise A) Rose. B) Risend. C) Rised. D) Risen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rose. 25. They ..... twelve years old last year. A) Are. B) Were. C) Is. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 26. ..... you at home last night? A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 27. Which word is the correct simple past tense of the irregular verb 'go'? A) Goed. B) Going. C) Went. D) Gone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Went. 28. The boy ..... the bell. (Simple Past Tense) A) Rings. B) Rang. C) Ringing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rang. 29. Which sentence correctly explains why the students were quiet? A) They no were talking during the assembly. B) They wasn't talking during the assembly. C) They didn't were talking during the assembly. D) They weren't talking during the assembly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They weren't talking during the assembly. 30. Yesterday there was a thief around here, so many people ..... the door. A) Opened. B) Locked. C) Closed. D) Visited. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Locked. 31. Fill in the blank:My dad ..... me how to ride a bike when I was six. A) Teach. B) Taught. C) Teached. D) Teaches. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Taught. 32. My dog didn't ..... last night. A) Barked. B) To bark. C) Bark. D) Barks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bark. 33. Choose the correct simple past tense form of the verb in the sentence:'They ..... (play) soccer yesterday.' A) Play. B) Playing. C) Plays. D) Played. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Played. 34. My friend ..... (work) very hard on this presentation. A) Workked. B) Workied. C) Worked. D) Workd. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Worked. 35. David's parents ..... excited to meet his wife. A) Was. B) Were. C) Is. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 36. The past tense verb of LOOK is ..... A) Look. B) Looking. C) Looked. D) Loke. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Looked. 37. Your friend asks, 'Did you finish your homework last night?' What is the correct short answer if you did? A) Yes, did. B) Yes, I did. C) Yes, I finished. D) Yes, I do. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yes, I did. 38. Complete the sentense ..... Michael Jackson the best Pop singer? A) Were. B) Was. C) Did. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 39. Rebecca ..... some friends in Boston last year. A) Fly. B) Went. C) Visited. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Visited. 40. When you use an auxiliary verb, the main verb is going to be in its base form? A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 41. Mira ..... breakfast at six o'clock yesterday. A) Having. B) Had. C) Has. D) Have. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had. 42. Complete the sentence:I felt nervous because I ..... a speech in front of the whole school. A) Given. B) Gived. C) Give. D) Gave. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gave. 43. True or False:The sentence "We played video games yesterday" describes an action that is happening right now. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 44. Did you ..... my bag? A) Saw. B) Sees. C) Seen. D) See. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) See. 45. Where ..... your sister? A) Is. B) Were. C) Are. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was. 46. Luis ..... his horse in the camp last weekend. A) Walked. B) Rode. C) Danced. D) Swam. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rode. 47. I want to eat every day. (yesterday) A) I want to eat yesterday. B) I wanted to eat yesterday. C) I wanted to eat yesterday. D) I wanted to eat yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I wanted to eat yesterday. 48. The dog ..... (bite) the maid two days ago. A) Blew. B) Broke. C) Bit. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bit. 49. Change the verb in the bracets into Past TenseLila:How was your feeling now?Gia:When thieves stole my favourite leather jacket, I (be) ..... really upset. A) Was. B) Were. C) Is. D) Am. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 50. Become = Menjadi, bentuk past simplenya adalah adalah ..... A) Became. B) Become. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Became. 51. Where ..... you hide the documents yesterday? A) Does. B) Do. C) Had. D) Did. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Did. 52. Dani: ..... did you buy from the post office?Cinta:I bought some stamps. I want to collect stamps A) Where. B) What. C) Why. D) When. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What. 53. The past form of look is ..... A) Lake. B) Looking. C) Looked. D) Looks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Looked. 54. I ..... sad when my best friend left me yesterday. A) Did. B) Was. C) Were. D) Am sad. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 55. Complete the sentence by providing the correct form of the verb following the Past Perfect Tense.Miss Jane (teach) ..... him a lesson because he (forget) ..... to bring his homework. A) Taught/had forgotten. B) Teaching/had forgotten. C) Taught/have forgotten. D) Teach/had forgot. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Taught/had forgotten. 56. They ..... to this podcast yesterday. A) Listened. B) Listen. C) Listening. D) Be listen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Listened. 57. John ..... to talk to her. (not/ want) A) Did want. B) Didn't wanted. C) Didn't wantied. D) Didn't want. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Didn't want. 58. Yesterday, the students ..... the map of Indonesia. A) Learn. B) Learns. C) Learned. D) Are learning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Learned. 59. They ..... football last month. A) Didn't play. B) Don't play. C) Doesn't play. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Didn't play. 60. Lee Ling ..... a vase with a plastic bottle yesterday. A) Make. B) Made. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Made. ← 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 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books