This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Simple Past Tense – Quiz 57 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Simple Past Tense Quiz 57 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the regular verb in the sentence:She walked to the park. A) Ran. B) Walked. C) Jogged. D) Strolled. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Walked. 2. Classes ..... early in the morning. A) Began. B) Begin. C) Beginned. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Began. 3. Dinosaurs ..... extinct before primitive men existed. A) Is. B) Am. C) Was. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were. 4. Was Misbun Sidek a badminton player? A) Yes, he was. B) Yes, he were. C) Yes, it was. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes, he was. 5. William ..... a member of a theater company. A) Become. B) Became. C) Becomes. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Became. 6. Which of the following is a regular verb in simple past? A) Walked. B) Jumped. C) Played. D) Talked. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Walked. 7. Mira built a big sandcastle with her sister. A) Built. B) Her. C) Sandcastle. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Built. 8. The children ..... playing in the yard when I saw them. A) Was. B) Were. C) Did. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 9. They learn. (Choose the simple past tense) A) They learnt. B) They learn. C) They are learning. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They learnt. 10. Jerry:How ..... you ..... to the fair yesterday?Alice:We took a taxi. A) Did / went. B) Were / go. C) Was / go. D) Did / go. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Did / go. 11. Where ..... you spend your holiday? A) Has done. B) Do. C) Did. D) Done. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Did. 12. The simple past of "run" A) Runned. B) Rand. C) Ran. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ran. 13. Formulate a sentence using the simple past of 'to see'. A) I seen a movie yesterday. B) I saw a movie yesterday. C) I will see a movie yesterday. D) I see a movie yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I saw a movie yesterday. 14. What ..... you ..... two days ago? A) Do-do. B) Did-did. C) Do-did. D) Did-do. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Did-do. 15. True or False:The past form of "have" is "had." A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 16. What is the past of leave? A) Left. B) Leaved. C) Lefted. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Left. 17. The Mayan women didn't ..... in the kitchen. A) Cook. B) Cooked. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cook. 18. My baby cousin, Leo ..... (cry) loudly an hour ago because he was hungry. A) Cry. B) Cries. C) Cried. D) Crying. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cried. 19. My sister ..... home last night A) Comes. B) Come. C) Came. D) Was come. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Came. 20. ..... Mike and his mother at the airport to meet you? A) Were. B) Was. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 21. We (travel) to Spain last summer. A) We traveled to Spain last summer. B) We travel to Spain last summer. C) We travels to Spain last summer. D) We traveling to Spain last summer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) We traveled to Spain last summer. 22. The artist ..... a potrait of our Prime Minister and represented it to him. A) Draw. B) Drew. C) Draws. D) Was drawing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Drew. 23. Yesterday, I (get) ..... up at 6 and (have) ..... breakfast at 6. 30. A) Getting/had. B) Got/had. C) Got/has. D) Goting/have. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Got/had. 24. Choose the correct simple past form:'They (build) a house.' A) Build. B) Builded. C) Built. D) Building. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Built. 25. What is the simple past form of 'eat'? A) Eating. B) Eats. C) Eated. D) Ate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ate. 26. Nina tried to lift the heavy box by herself. A) Lift. B) By. C) Tried. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tried. 27. John ..... (not go) to school last week because he was ill. A) Didn't go. B) Didn't went. C) Don't go. D) Doesn't go. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Didn't go. 28. Use the simple past tense in a sentence about a movie you watched. A) I am watching 'Inception' right now. B) I watched 'Inception' last night. C) I watched 'Inception' next week. D) I will watch 'Inception' tomorrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I watched 'Inception' last night. 29. Formulate a sentence using the simple past of 'to eat'. A) I will eat an apple yesterday. B) I eating an apple yesterday. C) I eat an apple yesterday. D) I ate an apple yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I ate an apple yesterday. 30. Choose the correct negative structure for the simple past tense A) Subject + not + verb + complement. B) Subject + verb in past + not + complement. C) Subject + did + not + verb + complement. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subject + did + not + verb + complement. ← 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