This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Simple Past Tense – Quiz 79 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Simple Past Tense Quiz 79 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. They ..... a ramen yesterday. A) Buy. B) Bought. C) Bring. D) Buying. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bought. 2. We (are) ..... still here after you went home A) Are. B) Were. C) Was. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 3. It ..... hard when I ..... this morning. A) Was raining-left. B) Was rainning-left. C) Were rainning-leave. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was raining-left. 4. Jeremy (win) a prize last month. A) Winned. B) Wined. C) Won. D) Wonned. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Won. 5. Choose the correct form of the verb in the simple past tense to complete the sentence.The men ..... several trash bins last night. A) Clean. B) Cleanned. C) Cleaned. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cleaned. 6. 'Nasty, mean remarks fell unabated from my lips.'Which word is in simple past tense? A) Unabated. B) Fell. C) Mean. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fell. 7. Jerry didn't like statistic when he was in secondary school. but now he is a statistics major in university.The past tense in the sentence is to show ..... A) Comparison about past and present. B) The origin of something. C) Comparison and its reason. D) Reason of one's condition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comparison about past and present. 8. Jame:Did you play tennis? Nana: ..... A) Yes, I did. B) Yes, I play. C) Yes, I do. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes, I did. 9. What is the simple past tense form of 'put'? A) Put. B) Putted. C) Pat. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Put. 10. Last Monday, Alia and Anis ..... me to the shopping centre to buy me a gift. A) Take. B) Took. C) Takes. D) Taking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Took. 11. Where ..... she yesterday evening? A) Were. B) Are. C) Was. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was. 12. Aminah ..... a car last week and took her family to Langkawi. A) Buy. B) Buys. C) Bought. D) Buying. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bought. 13. Choose the correct form of the verb in the simple past tense to complete the sentence.The girl ..... when she saw her favorite basketball player. A) Blush. B) Blusshed. C) Blushed. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Blushed. 14. The past tense of drive is ..... A) Drived. B) Druw. C) Drove. D) Drew. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Drove. 15. Choose the correct past tense of the verb to complete the sentences.I even (smell) some gunpowder in the tunnel. A) Smelld. B) Smelled. C) Smold. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Smelled. 16. What is the past form of swim? A) Swims. B) Swimming. C) Swam. D) Swum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Swam. 17. What are regular verbs? A) Verbs that describe people. B) Those that form their past participle with "d" and "ed" . C) Verbs that regularly hide. D) A verb that does not follow the normal pattern of inflection. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Those that form their past participle with "d" and "ed" . 18. Iman ..... to the park yesterday evening. A) Cycle. B) Cycles. C) Cycled. D) Cycling. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cycled. 19. Which of these words is the correct simple past tense form of the verb skip? A) Skip. B) Skipping. C) Skiped. D) Skipped. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Skipped. 20. Alice ..... her aunt in Singapore once a year. A) Visit. B) Visits. C) Visited. D) Visiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Visits. 21. Her friend, Aaron Aziz is a famous actor. He ..... in many movies in Malaysia. A) Act. B) Acted. C) Acts. D) Was acting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Acted. 22. I ..... that movie last month. A) Watch. B) Watches. C) Watched. D) Watching. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Watched. 23. Organisers (A) the event at the Indoor Stadium in Johor Bahru. A) Holds. B) Hold. C) Holded. D) Held. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Held. 24. Try (past tense) A) Drove. B) Tried. C) Tied. D) Tryed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tried. 25. Form a Yes/No question using the words given: A) Did David bought a car last year?. B) Did David buy a car last year?. C) Was David buy a car last year?. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did David buy a car last year?. ← 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