This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Simple Past Tense – Quiz 49 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Simple Past Tense Quiz 49 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Alice's father ..... a new house last year A) Buy. B) Buying. C) Bought. D) Buyed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bought. 2. I ..... angry with my friends. (+) A) Were. B) Was. C) Weren't. D) Wasn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 3. Which rule is being applied in these verbs?type-typed A) Add "-d" to verbs ending in "e" to form its past tense. B) Add "-ed" to the end of the verb to form the past tense. C) Double the last letter and add "-ed" to verbs with one syllable to form its past tense. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Add "-d" to verbs ending in "e" to form its past tense. 4. She ..... her job last winter. A) Leave. B) Did not left. C) Left. D) Leaved. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Left. 5. Did you ..... coffee this morning? A) Drinking. B) Drank. C) Drink. D) Drinks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Drink. 6. The past form bring is ..... A) Brought. B) Bought. C) Brings. D) Bringing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brought. 7. Raka and Mutia ..... inform their friends to attend the zoom meeting yesterday. A) Did not. B) Do not. C) Was not. D) Were not. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did not. 8. My little brother broke a plate, he ..... a glass last night. A) Did not break. B) Did not blew. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did not break. 9. How ..... you pay the book?.I paid it in cash A) Do. B) Did. C) Does. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did. 10. CHOOSE THE CORRECT VERB:She ..... at school, yesterday. A) Was. B) Were. C) Is. D) Study. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 11. I ..... a snake near there! A) See. B) Seen. C) Seeing. D) Saw. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Saw. 12. We ..... this museum last month. A) Visit. B) Visited. C) Visiting. D) Did not visited. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Visited. 13. How would you rewrite the sentence 'My family and I go to the beach and swim in the ocean' to show it happened last weekend? A) My family and I goed to the beach and swimmed in the ocean. B) My family and I went to the beach and swam in the ocean. C) My family and I did go to the beach and did swim in the ocean. D) My family and I were going to the beach and were swimming in the ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My family and I went to the beach and swam in the ocean. 14. The cat caught a mouse, it ..... a butterfly yesterday. A) Did not come. B) Did not catch. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did not catch. 15. They ..... watch the match last Sunday. A) Didn't. B) Doesn't. C) Don't. D) Wasn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Didn't. 16. I smell. (Choose the simple past tense) A) I smelt. B) I am smelling. C) I was smelling. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I smelt. 17. We ..... at the library for three hours yesterday. A) Learnt. B) Studied. C) Reviewed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Studied. 18. He ..... an essay for an assignment yesterday. A) Write. B) Written. C) Wrote. D) Writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wrote. 19. Mark the answer that completes the dialogue:A:Mary isn't here. She ( ..... ) to Egypt.B:I ( ..... ) to Egypt. A) Has gone / have never gone. B) Has gone / have never been. C) Went / have never gone. D) Went / have never been. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has gone / have never been. 20. It ..... (rain) heavily last July. A) Rains. B) Rained. C) Was raining. D) Raint. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rained. 21. Choose the correct question structure for the simple past tense A) Did + subject + verb in past + complement +?. B) Did + subject + verb + complement +?. C) Did + verb + subject + complement +?. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did + subject + verb + complement +?. 22. Father was watching TV when I ..... home A) Get. B) Gets. C) Got. D) Gotten. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Got. 23. What were you doing when the bell ..... ? A) Ring. B) Rang. C) Rung. D) Rings. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rang. 24. What is the past tense of go? A) Do. B) Goed. C) Went. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Went. 25. Kuan Ling ..... a squirrel in the garden yesterday. A) See. B) Saw. C) Sees. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Saw. ← 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