This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Simple Past Tense – Quiz 42 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Simple Past Tense Quiz 42 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Chef Ameer ..... fish yesterday. A) Fry. B) Fried. C) Fryed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fried. 2. Complete the sentence:Yamileth and Janet had pancakes and ..... coffee. A) Drinks. B) Drinked. C) To drink. D) Drank. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Drank. 3. Complete the sentence:Mercedes got up early and ..... A) Has breakfast. B) Have breakfast. C) Having breakfast. D) Had breakfast. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had breakfast. 4. One day, a mighty lion, tired from hunting all morning, ..... down to take a nap under a large, shady tree. A) Lay. B) Lays. C) Laid. D) Laying. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Laid. 5. Kumar ..... (fall) down after he ..... (step) on a banana skin. A) Fell, stepped. B) Falls, step. C) Fall, stepped. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fell, stepped. 6. My father ..... his car keys under the bed this morning. A) Find. B) Found. C) Finded. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Found. 7. She ..... (not take) my book last night. A) Doesn't take. B) Didn't took. C) Didn't take. D) Doesn't took. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Didn't take. 8. Convert to past tense:I (read) that book last month. A) I reads that book last month. B) I read that book last month. C) I reading that book last month. D) I have read that book last month. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I read that book last month. 9. We ..... our dinner quite early last night. A) Eat. B) Ate. C) Eaten. D) Eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ate. 10. ..... Easter Monday A) In. B) On. C) At. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On. 11. We drink water. A) Drank. B) Drinks. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Drank. 12. The referee ..... his whistle to start the game. A) Blew. B) Blow. C) Blowing. D) Blows. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Blew. 13. They ..... what the student said in class yesterday. A) Understand. B) Understood. C) Understanded. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Understood. 14. We ..... to Balikpapan on vacation last year. A) Go. B) Went. C) Gone. D) Going. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Went. 15. I ..... the moon last night. A) See. B) Saw. C) Seed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Saw. 16. You drink. (Choose the simple past tense) A) You drink. B) You are drinking. C) You drank. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) You drank. 17. I didn't ..... Tina two days ago A) Meet. B) Met. C) Have meet. D) Meeted. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Meet. 18. He ..... (tobe) driving to work this morning when Anna called. A) Is. B) Were. C) Am. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was. 19. Identify the simple past verb in the sentence:'We traveled to France last year.' A) Traveling. B) Travels. C) Traveledly. D) Traveled. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Traveled. 20. They ..... (buy) a birthday card for me. A) Buied. B) Buyed. C) Bought. D) Buy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bought. 21. She brings an umbrella. A) Bring. B) Brought. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brought. 22. Past form of ' to cut': ..... A) Cut. B) Cuted. C) Cutted. D) Cuts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cut. 23. What is the past form of the ver "DRAW" ? A) Drawing. B) Drawed. C) Draw. D) Drew. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Drew. 24. I go to work by bus. A) Goes. B) Went. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Went. 25. Johnson ..... a bad fall this morning so he has to stay at home for a week. A) Has. B) Had. C) Have. D) Having. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had. 26. Thirteen years ago, she ..... only a baby. A) Is. B) Was. C) Are. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 27. What is the past of forget? A) Forgetted. B) Forgot. C) Forget. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Forgot. 28. Ronny: " ..... you come to party last night?Novi: "No. I didn't. I ..... to help my brother." A) Did-had. B) Do-had. C) Did-have. D) Do-have. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did-had. 29. Which of the following is a simple past verb:'play', 'playing', 'played'? A) Playful. B) Plays. C) Played. D) Playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Played. 30. Robert and Stan ..... Garry's friends ..... A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. ← 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