This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Simple Past Tense – Quiz 79 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Simple Past Tense Quiz 79 (29 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In the regular verbs that end in CONSONANT + VOWEL + CONSONANT and the STRESS is in the FIRST vowel, the last consonant is NOT duplicated. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 2. What is the past tense of the verb 'to plan'? A) Planed. B) Planned. C) Plans. D) Planning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Planned. 3. Form a question from the sentence:I walked to work yesterday. A) Were you walk to work yesterday?. B) Did you walk to work yesterday?. C) Walked you to work yesterday?. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did you walk to work yesterday?. 4. Fill in the blank:The past tense of 'to stop' is ..... A) Stoped. B) Stopped. C) Stopping. D) Stops. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stopped. 5. Where ..... Margarita the last year? A) Were. B) Wer. C) Was. D) Wase. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was. 6. Complete the sentence below with the correct Simple Past form of the verb in parenthesis.I ..... English for two years. (study) A) Studyed. B) Studyd. C) Studied. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Studied. 7. My mother ..... a nurse ten years ago A) Is. B) Were. C) Was. D) Am. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was. 8. He ..... (not / phone) his friend last Friday. A) Didn't phone. B) Not phoned. C) Didn't phoned. D) Doesn't phone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Didn't phone. 9. Maya wrote a letter for her pen pal.The negative form of the sentence above is ..... A) Maya didn't wrote a letter for her pen pal. B) Maya didn't write a letter for her pen pal. C) Maya doesn't write a letter for her pen pal. D) Maya doesn't wrote a letter for her pen pal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Maya didn't write a letter for her pen pal. 10. Which sentence below does NOT refer to Simple Past Tense? A) Did Anita wash her clothes yesterday?. B) He always wears a white hat. C) Oriana purchased a new blouse one hour ago. D) We didn't go to the cinema last night. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He always wears a white hat. 11. Change the sentence from present to past tense:Ahmed is in class today. A) Ahmed is in class yesterday. B) Ahmed were in class yesterday. C) Ahmed was in class yesterday. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ahmed was in class yesterday. 12. Complete the sentence below with the correct Simple Past form of the verb in parenthesis.Alex ..... hard last weekend. (work) A) Workeed. B) Worked. C) Workd. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Worked. 13. Read the Wh-question and its answer. Determine if they are CORRECT or INCORRECT. (Simple Past)Why did you close the store?Because I wanted to go home early. A) CORRECT. B) INCORRECT. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) CORRECT. 14. Javier ..... her best friend the last week. (past tense) A) Marry. B) Marred. C) Married. D) Marryed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Married. 15. Mom and Dad ..... me not to go out last night. A) Tell. B) Told. C) Tells. D) Telling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Told. 16. Matt ..... , while we ..... lunch. A) Phoned, were having. B) Was phoning, were having. C) Had phoned, had had. D) Had been phoning, had been having. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Phoned, were having. 17. He ..... in this restaurant 2 days ago A) Drank. B) Drink. C) Drinks. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Drank. 18. Did they ..... each other 4 years ago? A) Loves. B) Loved. C) Love. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Love. 19. The negative sentence for:''They omitted important information in the investigation." is ..... A) They didn't omitt important information in the investigation. B) They didn't omit important information in the investigation. C) They did omit important information in the investigation. D) They not omit important information in the investigation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They didn't omit important information in the investigation. 20. Ms Dora was angry with me because I ..... submit my assignments. A) Submitted. B) Didn't submit. C) Didn't submitted. D) Submit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Didn't submit. 21. Mom and Dad were happy because they finally ..... a new car! A) Get. B) Getting. C) Getting. D) Got. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Got. 22. We were watching TV when Uncle Tom ..... A) Comes. B) Come. C) Coming. D) Came. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Came. 23. How many books did you read? A) I read 15 books. B) I have read 15 books. C) I readed 15 books. D) I reading 15 books. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I read 15 books. 24. Complete the question below with the correct auxiliary (Simple Past).What ..... you eat for lunch yesterday? A) Were. B) Do. C) Did. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Did. 25. What does the Simple Past Tense refer to? A) It refers to past actions that are not real. B) It refers to any situation that is in the present. C) It refers to past actions or events. D) Any option is correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It refers to past actions or events. 26. The suitable answer for the question:''Did you go to school yesterday?" is ..... A) No, I did. B) Yes I did. C) No, I didn't. D) Yes, I do. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) No, I didn't. 27. Ibrahim was upset because Hasan ..... at him. A) Yells. B) Yelled. C) Yelling. D) Yeld. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yelled. 28. Tuti:Where did you go yesterday, Rani? Rani:I ..... to Bandung with my mother. Tuti:How did you go there? Rani:By bus. A) Go. B) Went. C) Have gone. D) Am going. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Went. 29. What happen to the verb in the Negative Statements of Simple Past tense? A) Add ED at the end of the verb. B) It keeps its base form. C) The spelling rules need to be applied. D) Any answer is correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It keeps its base form. ← PreviousRelated 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