This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Simple Past Tense – Quiz 73 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Simple Past Tense Quiz 73 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Ina:Did the boys study after class? Rudi:No.Lina:What did they do? Rudi:They ..... football. A) Play. B) Plays. C) Played. D) Will play. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Played. 2. What is the past form of "eat ''? A) Ate. B) Eats. C) Eated. D) Eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ate. 3. Annisa and Isti ..... in this restaurant two days ago. A) Ate. B) Eaten. C) Eating. D) Eats. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ate. 4. Ram and Ranny ..... a horror movie last night. A) Watch. B) Watched. C) Watching. D) Watches. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Watched. 5. Ismail and Kamal ..... video games last Thursday afternoon. A) Play. B) Plays. C) Playing. D) Played. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Played. 6. We ..... to the cinema last Sunday. A) Go. B) Goes. C) Went. D) Going. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Went. 7. Yesterday, Sally ..... a book while I ..... dinner. A) Was reading-was making. B) Were reading-was making. C) Were reading-was making. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was reading-was making. 8. Change the following verbs in the past tense forms.decrease A) Decreases. B) Decreasing. C) Decreased. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Decreased. 9. I ..... to Samsun last Sunday. A) Fly. B) Flew. C) Flown. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flew. 10. What is narrative text? A) A text that tells us about our experince. B) A text tells us about a report. C) A text tells us an imaginative story to entertain people. D) A text tells us about how to make/do something. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A text tells us an imaginative story to entertain people. 11. The Simple Past Tense is used to talk about ..... A) An action that is happening right now at this moment. B) A finished or completed action (in the past). C) An action that happs regularly (every day, every year, every night, etc.). D) What will happen / "is going" to happen in the future (but is has not happened yet). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A finished or completed action (in the past). 12. Was Sally playing tennis while her brother ..... polo. A) Were playing. B) Was playing. C) Not was playing. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was playing. 13. Last year, she finally (A) the prize for reading the most number of books. A) Wins. B) Win. C) Won. D) Is winning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Won. 14. How old ..... you when you ..... to ride a bicylcle for the first time. A) Are, learn. B) Were, learned. C) Will, learn. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were, learned. 15. We (are) ..... very lucky with the weather. A) Are. B) Was. C) Were. D) Will. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were. 16. Translate into English "I wasn't home when you came last night" A) I was not at home when he came last night. B) I were not at home when he came last night. C) I was at home when he came last night. D) I were at home when he came last night. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I was not at home when he came last night. 17. What ..... yesterday's date? A) Is. B) Is going to be. C) Was. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was. 18. We ..... him last night at the shopping mall. A) See. B) Sees. C) Saw. D) Seen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Saw. 19. I ..... watching that series on Netflix . I ..... the ending. A) Finishes-did like. B) Finished-didn't like. C) Finished-like. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Finished-didn't like. 20. Choose the past form of "do" A) Doed. B) Done. C) Did. D) Dod. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Did. 21. The boys ..... at the school ten minutes ago. A) Was. B) Were. C) Are. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 22. She was very hungry last night, so she ..... a sandwich. A) Make. B) Made. C) Was making. D) Were making. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Made. 23. Did Marta ..... you this morning? A) Call. B) Calls. C) Called. D) Calling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Call. 24. My brothers and I ..... a meal for our parents' wedding anniversary. A) Prepare. B) Prepares. C) Preparing. D) Prepared. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Prepared. 25. We (A) hear the husband and wife were bickering two days ago at this time. A) Can. B) Could. C) Cannot. D) Couldn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Could. 26. Make the verb in ( ) past tense. A) Bakked. B) Baked. C) Baking. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Baked. 27. Which of the following verbs in the past simple is regular? A) Played. B) Read. C) Gave. D) Was. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Played. 28. Jessica ..... TV when I got home last night. A) Was watching. B) Watched. C) Were watching. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was watching. 29. I (A) complete my Malay homework. It was too difficult. A) Can. B) Could. C) Couldn't. D) Cannot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Couldn't. 30. The giant (climb) ..... down the beanstalk to catch Jack. A) Climbing. B) Climbs. C) Climbed. D) Climb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Climbed. ← 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