This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Simple Past Tense – Quiz 54 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Simple Past Tense Quiz 54 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. KNOW, MAKE, and BE are irregular verbs. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 2. Past form of ' to run': ..... A) Run. B) Ran. C) Ren. D) Runed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ran. 3. Yesterday at ten she ( sit) ..... in front of her computer. A) Sitting. B) Sat. C) Have sat. D) To sit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sat. 4. I ..... (give) my sister a teddy bear last Christmas. A) Gave. B) Give. C) Given. D) Am giving. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gave. 5. The baby ..... for its mother. A) Cried. B) Cryed. C) Crys. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cried. 6. She ..... the gold medal in 1986. A) Won. B) Win. C) To won. D) To win. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Won. 7. Shakespeare ..... more than years ago A) Was living. B) Lives. C) Lived. D) Is living. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lived. 8. Jennie ..... her car into the basement parking this morning. A) Drive. B) Driven. C) Drove. D) Drives. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Drove. 9. Convert the present tense verb 'make' to the simple past. A) Build. B) Made. C) Create. D) Produce. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Made. 10. Rayhan was doing his maths homework when his phone ..... A) Ring. B) Rings. C) Rang. D) Ringing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rang. 11. What ..... (they, do) at eleven p.m. last night-it was so noisy? A) They were doing. B) Was they doing. C) Did they do. D) Were they doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were they doing. 12. Mira got married when she ..... 20 years old. A) Were. B) Was. C) Is. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 13. The security guard ..... (catch) the pickpocket in the mall last week. A) Catches. B) Catch. C) Catched. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Catched. 14. The Mayans ..... soup. A) Cook. B) Cooked. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cooked. 15. What time (she, leave) for the meeting? A) What time does she leave for the meeting?. B) What time did she leave for the meeting?. C) What time she leaves for the meeting?. D) What time she left for the meeting?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What time did she leave for the meeting?. 16. What (he say) about the project? A) He criticized the project harshly. B) He remained indifferent about the project. C) He suggested abandoning the project altogether. D) He expressed positive feedback about the project. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He expressed positive feedback about the project. 17. The worker ..... from his job because he was migrating to the other country. A) Resigned. B) Resign. C) Resigning. D) Resigns. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Resigned. 18. Danny ..... a beautiful diamond necklace for his mother last year. A) Buy. B) Buys. C) Bought. D) Was buying. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bought. 19. Answer the question:-When did you get up in the morning? A) Yes, I did. B) I got up at 8am. C) No, I didn't. D) I had eggs and coffee. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I got up at 8am. 20. The simple past of "ring" A) Ranged. B) Ringed. C) Rang. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rang. 21. Form a negative sentence:I (not go) to the party last weekend A) I will not go to the party last weekend. B) I did not go to the party last weekend. C) I do not go to the party last weekend. D) I am not going to the party last weekend. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I did not go to the party last weekend. 22. The fishermen ..... many fish today. A) Catch. B) Catching. C) Caught. D) Catches. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Caught. 23. When I ..... Penwyn, he was looking for his book. A) See. B) Saw. C) Sees. D) Seeing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Saw. 24. I ..... late this morning because my alarm didn't go off. A) Get up. B) Got up. C) Getting up. D) Gets up. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Got up. 25. She ..... (play) with her sister yesterday. A) Played. B) Plaied. C) Pley. D) Pleied. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Played. 26. My friends ..... nice to me. A) Am. B) Is. C) Was. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were. 27. You ..... very busy on Friday. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 28. I ..... the answer to the question. A) Know. B) Knew. C) Known. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Knew. 29. We ..... (write) a letter to our grandparents last night. A) Write. B) Wrote. C) Writes. D) Writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wrote. 30. He ..... a delicious cake for her birthday A) Bakes. B) Baked. C) Baking. D) Bake. 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