This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Simple Past Tense – Quiz 84 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Simple Past Tense Quiz 84 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the PAST SIMPLE of the verb "see" ? A) Saw-because the verb is irregular. B) Seed-because the verb is regular. C) Sew-because yes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Saw-because the verb is irregular. 2. Form a Wh-question using the words given: A) Tom was excited an hour ago why?. B) Why did Tom excited an hour ago?. C) Why was Tom excited an hour ago?. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Why was Tom excited an hour ago?. 3. ..... there any cheese in the plate two hours ago? A) Are. B) Were. C) Was. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was. 4. Mary ..... in New York City ten years ago. A) Lives. B) Will live. C) Lived. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lived. 5. They ..... soccer yesterday. A) Played. B) Ate. C) Cooked. D) Bought. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Played. 6. ..... you tired yesterday morning? A) Was. B) Are. C) Is. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were. 7. Included in the time signal in the simple past tense are the following, except ..... A) Last month. B) Yesterday. C) Next year. D) Two days ago. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Next year. 8. Choose the Irregular Verbs: A) Visit, miss, try. B) Fly, have, study. C) Speak, leave, know. D) Meet, go, talk. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Speak, leave, know. 9. They ..... when the police arrived. A) Wasn't fighting. B) Weren't fighting. C) Was fighting. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Weren't fighting. 10. How ..... your exam last week? A) Was. B) Is. C) Are. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was. 11. Choose the correct past tense for ' teach ' A) Taught. B) Teaches. C) Teaching. D) Teached. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Taught. 12. Tuti:Where did you go yesterday, Rani? Rani:I ..... to Bandung with my mother.Tuti:How did you go there? Rani:By bus. A) Go. B) Went. C) Have gone. D) Am going. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Went. 13. While the children ....., we cleaned the house. A) Was sleeping. B) Were sleeping. C) Were sleep. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were sleeping. 14. What ..... on vacation last summer? A) Will you do. B) Are you doing. C) Did you do. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Did you do. 15. He ( collect) ..... his children from school. A) Collected. B) Collects. C) Collecting. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Collected. 16. Which of the following verbs in the past simple is irregular? A) Liked. B) Loved. C) Found. D) Asked. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Found. 17. The prisoner ..... from the jail last night. A) Escape. B) Escapes. C) Escaped. D) Escaping. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Escaped. 18. A long time ago, he (A) beautifully. Now, she can't. A) Can swim. B) Could swim. C) Cannot swim. D) Couldn't swim. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Couldn't swim. 19. I ..... a letter to my uncle yesterday. A) Write. B) Writes. C) Wrote. D) Writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wrote. 20. My sister ..... late for school, because the alarm clock ..... A) Were-didn't ring. B) Was-didn't rang. C) Was-didn't ring. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was-didn't ring. 21. Many activities (A) place in the longhouses such as dancing, singing and drinking rice wine during the last night celebration. A) Takes. B) Take. C) Took. D) Taked. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Took. 22. Make the verb in ( ) past tense. The day before yesterday, I ..... (play) with my toys. A) Playing. B) Plays. C) Played. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Played. 23. Climb (past tense) A) Climbed. B) Climbbed. C) Climate. D) Climbeed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Climbed. 24. The lady ..... some cookies for her family last night. A) Bake. B) Bakes. C) Baked. D) Baking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Baked. 25. Change the verb in the bracets into Past TenseRobert:Hi Alice, what did you do last weekend? Alice:I did a lot of things. On Saturday, I (go) ..... shopping. A) Gone. B) Goes. C) Went. D) Going. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Went. ← 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