This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Simple Past Tense – Quiz 58 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Simple Past Tense Quiz 58 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The pupils ..... their English exam half an hour ago. A) Began. B) Begins. C) Beginning. D) Begun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Began. 2. He ..... to a local grammar school when he was little. A) Go. B) Went. C) Goes. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Went. 3. What is the simple past form of 'write'? A) Wroteen. B) Wrote. C) Writeed. D) Writed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wrote. 4. We went horse riding. A) Where did you go?. B) What did you do?. C) Who did you go with?. D) When did you go?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What did you do?. 5. The board of directors ..... Mr. Man to be the new president. A) Choose. B) Choosing. C) Chose. D) Chooses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chose. 6. They (visit) their grandparents last weekend. A) They visited their grandparents last weekend. B) They visits their grandparents last weekend. C) They visiting their grandparents last weekend. D) They visit their grandparents last weekend. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They visited their grandparents last weekend. 7. Did you finish your homework? A) Yes, I did. B) No, I did. C) Yes, I make my homework. D) Yes, I do. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes, I did. 8. Differentiate the following:'I eat' vs 'I ate'. What is the past form? A) I eat. B) I eated. C) I ate. D) I eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I ate. 9. He understands me. A) Understood. B) Understand. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Understood. 10. ..... in this mansion 5 years ago? A) Did you live. B) You lived. C) Have you lived. D) Did you lived. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did you live. 11. My parents ..... me a scooter. A) Buy. B) Buys. C) Bought. D) Buied. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bought. 12. My sister ..... (see) two big dogs but she was not afraid. A) Sees. B) See. C) Seed. D) Saw. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Saw. 13. Form a question:They (play) soccer last week? A) Did they plays soccer last week?. B) They played soccer last week?. C) They do play soccer last week?. D) Did they play soccer last week?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Did they play soccer last week?. 14. My brother ..... (go) to the zoo yesterday. A) Goes. B) Gone. C) Went. D) Going. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Went. 15. Nick: "I last ..... Susan at her house two ..... ago." A) Saw/ year. B) Seen/ week. C) See/ months. D) Saw/ months. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Saw/ months. 16. What is the simple past form of 'read'? A) Readed. B) Read. C) Reed. D) Red. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Red. 17. Form a negative sentence:I (not eat) breakfast yesterday. A) I didn't ate breakfast yesterday. B) I not eat breakfast yesterday. C) I did not had breakfast yesterday. D) I did not eat breakfast yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I did not eat breakfast yesterday. 18. What time (he, leave) for the airport? A) What time does he leave for the airport?. B) What time did he leave for the airport?. C) What time he leaves for the airport?. D) What time he left for the airport?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What time did he leave for the airport?. 19. The dog ..... in the middle of the kitchen floor, looking at the door. A) Put. B) Ran. C) Stood. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stood. 20. Mrs. Haniza ..... rice porridge yesterday. A) Cooks. B) Cookd. C) Cooked. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cooked. 21. The monitor ..... the floor this morning before the bell rang. A) Sweep. B) Swept. C) Sweeping. D) Sweeps. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Swept. 22. Tom and Bill ..... my best friends. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 23. The simple past of "have" A) Has. B) Had. C) Haved. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had. 24. Father ..... us to the beach last Sunday. A) Drove. B) Drives. C) Drive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Drove. 25. They ..... down when they received the sad news. A) Break. B) Broke. C) Breaks. D) Were breaking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Broke. ← 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