This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Simple Past Tense – Quiz 71 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Simple Past Tense Quiz 71 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. I ..... Mrs. Sally at the market this morning. A) See. B) Seen. C) Saw. D) Seeing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Saw. 2. Every member of the Parent-Teacher Association ..... the problems faced by the school. A) Understand. B) Understanding. C) Understands. D) Understood. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Understood. 3. She ..... the ball into a neighbor's garden yesterday afternoon. A) Hit. B) Hits. C) Hitting. D) Was hitting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hit. 4. Is this sentence correct?"I played video games yesterday" A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 5. For a long time people ..... that the world was flat and that people could fall off the edge. A) May think. B) Thought. C) Are thought. D) Thinks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thought. 6. Our favorite sports ..... football and basketball A) Was. B) Were. C) Wasn't. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 7. On my last holiday I ..... to ski. It ..... great fun. A) Learnt / were. B) Learnt / was. C) Learn / is. D) Did learn / was. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Learnt / was. 8. What ..... your favorite food? A) Was. B) Are. C) Were. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 9. Snow white was so sad, and she ..... to run away from the palace. A) Try. B) Trying. C) Tried. D) Tries. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tried. 10. What is the past tense of grow? A) Growed. B) Grew. C) Grows. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grew. 11. Last January I ..... Sword Lake in Ha Noi. (visit) A) To visit. B) Visiting. C) Has visit. D) Visited. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Visited. 12. Jenny (works) at a hotel A) Word. B) Work. C) Worked. D) Weird. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Worked. 13. Where did he travel last summer? A) He traveled to France last winter. B) He traveled to Italy last summer. C) He traveled to Germany last autumn. D) He traveled to Spain last spring. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He traveled to Italy last summer. 14. Mother ..... the trash from the kitchen yesterday. A) Remove. B) Removing. C) Removed. D) Remofe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Removed. 15. At the weekend we worked in our yard. My brother ..... the fence and I ..... some flowers. A) Paint / plant. B) Paints / plants. C) Was painted / was planted. D) Painted / planted. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Painted / planted. 16. I bought a new game. It ..... thirty thousand rupiahs. A) Cost. B) Costs. C) Costing. D) Was costing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Was costing. 17. They (not, go) to the party last weekend. A) They did not go to the party last weekend. B) They do not go to the party last weekend. C) They are not going to the party last weekend. D) They will not go to the party last weekend. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They did not go to the party last weekend. 18. Fill in the blank:Yesterday, Veronica ..... pizza. A) Have. B) Has. C) Had. D) Haved. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had. 19. Los verbos regulares en pasado terminan en: A) Ing. B) Id. C) Aied. D) Ed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ed. 20. I go. (Choose the simple past tense) A) I go. B) I went. C) I am going. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I went. 21. Last summer we ..... camping in the woods for a week and we ..... a great time. A) Went / had. B) Go / having. C) Did go / did have. D) Was go / had. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Went / had. 22. We ..... very happy to see you yesterday. A) Was. B) Are. C) Did. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were. 23. I ..... (wear) a fancy dress for my sister's birthday party last night. A) Wear. B) Wore. C) Wearing. D) Wears. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wore. 24. I ..... tired last week. A) Was. B) Were. C) Where. D) Weren't. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 25. Her phone rang while she ..... (talk) to her new boss. A) Was talked. B) Were talking. C) Was talking. D) Talked. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was talking. ← 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