This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Simple Past Tense – Quiz 69 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Simple Past Tense Quiz 69 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. We (travel) to Spain last summer. A) We traveled to Spain last summer. B) We travel to Spain last summer. C) We travels to Spain last summer. D) We traveling to Spain last summer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) We traveled to Spain last summer. 2. The artist ..... a potrait of our Prime Minister and represented it to him. A) Draw. B) Drew. C) Draws. D) Was drawing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Drew. 3. Yesterday, I (get) ..... up at 6 and (have) ..... breakfast at 6. 30. A) Getting/had. B) Got/had. C) Got/has. D) Goting/have. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Got/had. 4. Choose the correct simple past form:'They (build) a house.' A) Build. B) Builded. C) Built. D) Building. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Built. 5. What is the simple past form of 'eat'? A) Eating. B) Eats. C) Eated. D) Ate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ate. 6. Nina tried to lift the heavy box by herself. A) Lift. B) By. C) Tried. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tried. 7. John ..... (not go) to school last week because he was ill. A) Didn't go. B) Didn't went. C) Don't go. D) Doesn't go. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Didn't go. 8. Use the simple past tense in a sentence about a movie you watched. A) I am watching 'Inception' right now. B) I watched 'Inception' last night. C) I watched 'Inception' next week. D) I will watch 'Inception' tomorrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I watched 'Inception' last night. 9. Formulate a sentence using the simple past of 'to eat'. A) I will eat an apple yesterday. B) I eating an apple yesterday. C) I eat an apple yesterday. D) I ate an apple yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I ate an apple yesterday. 10. Choose the correct negative structure for the simple past tense A) Subject + not + verb + complement. B) Subject + verb in past + not + complement. C) Subject + did + not + verb + complement. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subject + did + not + verb + complement. 11. Lucy ..... to bring her Pulse 2 textbook to school today. A) Forgetting. B) Forget. C) Forgets. D) Forgot. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Forgot. 12. The simple past of "drive" A) Droved. B) Drived. C) Drove. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Drove. 13. She ..... for the food we ordered for the orphans. A) Paid. B) Pay. C) Paying. D) Pays. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paid. 14. Lucy ..... her mother's watch, so she bought a new one. A) Broke. B) Crashed. C) Forgot. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Broke. 15. We ..... our new home quickly. A) Built. B) Builded. C) Builted. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Built. 16. She (not finish) her homework yesterday. A) She did not finish her homework yesterday. B) She finished her homework yesterday. C) She does not finish her homework yesterday. D) She will not finish her homework yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She did not finish her homework yesterday. 17. Mark the answer that completes the dialogue:A:I ( ..... ) to China this year.B:When ( ..... ) there? A) Have been / have you been. B) Have been / did you go. C) Was / have you gone. D) Have been / have you gone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have been / did you go. 18. ..... you at home yesterday? A) Were. B) Are. C) Was. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Were. 19. What is the past form of the verb "JUMP" ? A) Jump. B) Jumps. C) Jumped. D) Jumping. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jumped. 20. They (don't) study history A) Did. B) Did not. C) Do not. D) Day. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did not. 21. She played mini golf yesterday. A) Who did she play with?. B) What did she play yesterday?. C) Where did she play?. D) When did she play?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What did she play yesterday?. 22. I ..... (5) so many interesting places. A) Visit. B) Visiting. C) Visited. D) Is visit. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Visited. 23. Some mice that ..... at the foot of the tree ..... over the sleeping lion to return to their home. A) Lived-scrambled. B) Live-scramble. C) Lives-scrambles. D) Living-scrambling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lived-scrambled. 24. Mr. John ..... to his students outside the library during recess just now. A) Spoken. B) Speaks. C) Speaking. D) Spoke. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spoke. 25. Change the sentence to past tense:'They are going to the park.' A) They went to the park. B) They are going to the park. C) They have gone to the park. D) They will go to the park. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They went to the park. ← 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