This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Simple Past Tense – Quiz 65 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Simple Past Tense Quiz 65 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What ..... (they, do) at eleven p.m. last night-it was so noisy? A) They were doing. B) Was they doing. C) Did they do. D) Were they doing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were they doing. 2. Mira got married when she ..... 20 years old. A) Were. B) Was. C) Is. D) Are. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was. 3. The security guard ..... (catch) the pickpocket in the mall last week. A) Catches. B) Catch. C) Catched. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Catched. 4. The Mayans ..... soup. A) Cook. B) Cooked. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cooked. 5. What time (she, leave) for the meeting? A) What time does she leave for the meeting?. B) What time did she leave for the meeting?. C) What time she leaves for the meeting?. D) What time she left for the meeting?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What time did she leave for the meeting?. 6. What (he say) about the project? A) He criticized the project harshly. B) He remained indifferent about the project. C) He suggested abandoning the project altogether. D) He expressed positive feedback about the project. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He expressed positive feedback about the project. 7. The worker ..... from his job because he was migrating to the other country. A) Resigned. B) Resign. C) Resigning. D) Resigns. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Resigned. 8. Danny ..... a beautiful diamond necklace for his mother last year. A) Buy. B) Buys. C) Bought. D) Was buying. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bought. 9. Answer the question:-When did you get up in the morning? A) Yes, I did. B) I got up at 8am. C) No, I didn't. D) I had eggs and coffee. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I got up at 8am. 10. The simple past of "ring" A) Ranged. B) Ringed. C) Rang. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rang. 11. Form a negative sentence:I (not go) to the party last weekend A) I will not go to the party last weekend. B) I did not go to the party last weekend. C) I do not go to the party last weekend. D) I am not going to the party last weekend. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I did not go to the party last weekend. 12. The fishermen ..... many fish today. A) Catch. B) Catching. C) Caught. D) Catches. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Caught. 13. When I ..... Penwyn, he was looking for his book. A) See. B) Saw. C) Sees. D) Seeing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Saw. 14. I ..... late this morning because my alarm didn't go off. A) Get up. B) Got up. C) Getting up. D) Gets up. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Got up. 15. She ..... (play) with her sister yesterday. A) Played. B) Plaied. C) Pley. D) Pleied. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Played. 16. My friends ..... nice to me. A) Am. B) Is. C) Was. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were. 17. You ..... very busy on Friday. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 18. I ..... the answer to the question. A) Know. B) Knew. C) Known. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Knew. 19. We ..... (write) a letter to our grandparents last night. A) Write. B) Wrote. C) Writes. D) Writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wrote. 20. He ..... a delicious cake for her birthday A) Bakes. B) Baked. C) Baking. D) Bake. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Baked. 21. She (not, finish) her homework on time. A) She did not finish her homework on time. B) She does not finish her homework on time. C) She finished not her homework on time. D) She has not finished her homework on time. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She did not finish her homework on time. 22. What is the simple past form of 'sing'? A) Song. B) Singed. C) Sang. D) Singed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sang. 23. 3/ What did you ..... at the party? A) Doing. B) Did. C) Does. D) Do. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Do. 24. Where did you go yesterday? I ..... to the farm. A) Go. B) Going. C) Went. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Went. 25. I try. (Choose the simple past tense) A) I tried. B) I tryed. C) I am trying. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I tried. ← 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