This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Simple Past Tense – Quiz 48 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Simple Past Tense Quiz 48 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The dog ..... his finger. A) Bit. B) Bite. C) Bited. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bit. 2. My brother ..... his finger this morning. A) Cut. B) Cuts. C) Cutting. D) Was cutting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cut. 3. The car ..... in the middle of the street. A) Stoped. B) Stopped. C) Stop. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stopped. 4. When do we use the simple past tense? A) When we talk about something that began in the past and never end. B) When we talk about something that began in the past and end in the past. C) When we talk about something that began in the past and end in the present. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When we talk about something that began in the past and end in the past. 5. She ..... well. A) Was not. B) Were not. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was not. 6. We ..... (sing) the birthday song. A) Sung. B) Sang. C) Singed. D) Sing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sang. 7. My teacher printed the worksheets for me. A) Teacher. B) Printed. C) Worksheets. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Printed. 8. I ..... an e-mail to the company but they never answered. A) Published. B) Read. C) Sent. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sent. 9. They (buy) ..... that house last year. A) Buyed. B) Have buy. C) Has bought. D) Bought. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bought. 10. Mr. Larry ..... his children to the beach for a picnic last school holiday. A) Take. B) Took. C) Taking. D) Taken. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Took. 11. His sister ..... go skating last weekend. A) Did. B) Doesn't. C) Didn't. D) Isn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Didn't. 12. Where (you, buy) that shirt? A) Where did you buy that shirt?. B) Where have you bought that shirt?. C) Where you buy that shirt?. D) Where did buy that shirt?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Where did you buy that shirt?. 13. The student ..... (read) the novel and summarised it. A) Read. B) Red. C) Reads. D) Reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Read. 14. He (not, take) the bus to school yesterday. A) He was not taking the bus to school yesterday. B) He did not take the bus to school yesterday. C) He did not ride the bus to school yesterday. D) He took the bus to school yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He did not take the bus to school yesterday. 15. You eat too much A) Eats. B) Ate. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ate. 16. The pupils ..... their English exam half an hour ago. A) Began. B) Begins. C) Beginning. D) Begun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Began. 17. He ..... to a local grammar school when he was little. A) Go. B) Went. C) Goes. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Went. 18. What is the simple past form of 'write'? A) Wroteen. B) Wrote. C) Writeed. D) Writed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wrote. 19. We went horse riding. A) Where did you go?. B) What did you do?. C) Who did you go with?. D) When did you go?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What did you do?. 20. The board of directors ..... Mr. Man to be the new president. A) Choose. B) Choosing. C) Chose. D) Chooses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chose. 21. They (visit) their grandparents last weekend. A) They visited their grandparents last weekend. B) They visits their grandparents last weekend. C) They visiting their grandparents last weekend. D) They visit their grandparents last weekend. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They visited their grandparents last weekend. 22. Did you finish your homework? A) Yes, I did. B) No, I did. C) Yes, I make my homework. D) Yes, I do. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes, I did. 23. Differentiate the following:'I eat' vs 'I ate'. What is the past form? A) I eat. B) I eated. C) I ate. D) I eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I ate. 24. He understands me. A) Understood. B) Understand. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Understood. 25. ..... in this mansion 5 years ago? A) Did you live. B) You lived. C) Have you lived. D) Did you lived. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did you live. 26. My parents ..... me a scooter. A) Buy. B) Buys. C) Bought. D) Buied. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bought. 27. My sister ..... (see) two big dogs but she was not afraid. A) Sees. B) See. C) Seed. D) Saw. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Saw. 28. Form a question:They (play) soccer last week? A) Did they plays soccer last week?. B) They played soccer last week?. C) They do play soccer last week?. D) Did they play soccer last week?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Did they play soccer last week?. 29. My brother ..... (go) to the zoo yesterday. A) Goes. B) Gone. C) Went. D) Going. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Went. 30. Nick: "I last ..... Susan at her house two ..... ago." A) Saw/ year. B) Seen/ week. C) See/ months. D) Saw/ months. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Saw/ months. ← 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