This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Simple Past Tense – Quiz 45 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Simple Past Tense Quiz 45 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which sentence contains a verb in the simple past tense? A) My dog is chasing the ball. B) I will finish my homework later. C) She plays soccer every Saturday. D) We watched a great movie last night. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) We watched a great movie last night. 2. Edmud Hillary ..... Mt Everest in 1953. A) Swam. B) Climbed. C) Sailed. D) Worked in. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Climbed. 3. The driver ..... at the gate. (stand) A) Stands. B) Standing. C) Stood. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stood. 4. They ..... (be) very interesting. A) Is. B) Was. C) Are. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were. 5. Yesterday, I ..... a chocolate cake. A) Bakes. B) Baked. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Baked. 6. I ..... the letter two days ago. A) Send. B) Sent. C) Is sending. D) Was sending. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sent. 7. Jesse ..... this book last year. A) Read. B) Readed. C) Rede. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Read. 8. I ..... in this office 2 years ago A) Working. B) Worked. C) Work. D) Be working. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Worked. 9. Wafi ..... on the rock yesterday. A) Sit. B) Sat. C) Sits. D) Sitting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sat. 10. Second form of verb of Steal A) Stolen. B) Stealed. C) Stole. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stole. 11. Your book ..... old, but it was expensive. A) Are. B) Is. C) Was. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was. 12. Were you ..... This picture at 8 o'clock yesterday? A) Painting. B) Painted. C) Paints. D) Paint. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Painting. 13. Nasuh Mahruki ..... the Mount Everest in 1996. A) Did. B) Won. C) Climbed. D) Said. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Climbed. 14. Did you ..... to collage by bus yesterday? A) Go. B) Went. C) Gone. D) Goes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Go. 15. What is the past tense for believe? A) Believied. B) Believeed. C) Believed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Believed. 16. Simple past tense using ..... A) Verb 1. B) Verb 2. C) Verb 3. D) Verb 1 + ing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verb 2. 17. Simple Past Tense-compare A) Comparison. B) Compared. C) Comparing. D) Compares. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compared. 18. They ..... why he did it. A) Understood. B) Understand. C) Understanding. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Understood. 19. Complete the sentence:The concert tickets ..... really expensive. A) Was. B) Were. C) Is. D) Be. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 20. I am sure I ..... him two day ago A) Saw. B) Am seeing. C) Have seen. D) Have been seeing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Saw. 21. Complete the sentence:Last night, we ..... pizza for dinner. A) Eated. B) Eat. C) Eating. D) Ate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ate. 22. Jenny: ..... he ..... to submit his essay? Tom:No, he wasn't. He submitted it yesterday. A) Did ; late. B) Was ; late. C) Does ; late. D) Is ; late. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was ; late. 23. A: ..... ?B:I was in the library. A) Where did your mother go yesterday?. B) Where was Mark yesterday?. C) Did you go to the library yesterday?. D) Where were you yesterday?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Where were you yesterday?. 24. We ..... (not have) any questions. A) Not had. B) Didn't have. C) Had not. D) Weren't have. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Didn't have. 25. Did she ..... the pizza on time? A) Delivering. B) Delivered. C) Deliver. D) Deliver to. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Deliver. ← 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