This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Parts Of Speech > Verbs > Tenses > Past > Simple Past Tense – Quiz 87 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Simple Past Tense Quiz 87 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Hasan and Salim ..... ill yesterday. A) Are. B) Was. C) Is. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Were. 2. Were you ( frighten) ..... of the dark when you were young? A) Frightens. B) Frightened. C) Frightening. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Frightened. 3. The simple past form of ' enjoy' is ..... A) Enjoyed. B) Enjoied. C) Enjoyyed. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Enjoyed. 4. My parents ..... dinner when I ..... them that I had gotten a medal at a swimming competition. A) Was having-told. B) Were having-told. C) Were having-tell. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were having-told. 5. I ..... RM50 from my uncle as pocket money before I left for school. A) Receive. B) Receives. C) Receiving. D) Received. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Received. 6. Lisa:Yes, I did . I (A) my book already. It was under my bed. A) Finds. B) Find. C) Am finding. D) Found. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Found. 7. Wei Enn ..... badminton in the school yesterday. A) Play. B) Played. C) Plays. D) Playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Played. 8. The past tense of live. A) Living. B) Lives. C) Lived. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lived. 9. We (see) ..... some beautiful rainbows. A) Seeing. B) Sees. C) Seen. D) Saw. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Saw. 10. The other verbs that DO NOT end with-ED in the past simple are: A) Formal. B) Irregular. C) Informal. D) Regular. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Irregular. 11. Ina:Did the boys study after class? Rudi:No.Lina:What did they do? Rudi:They ..... football. A) Play. B) Plays. C) Played. D) Will play. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Played. 12. What is the past form of "eat ''? A) Ate. B) Eats. C) Eated. D) Eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ate. 13. Annisa and Isti ..... in this restaurant two days ago. A) Ate. B) Eaten. C) Eating. D) Eats. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ate. 14. Ram and Ranny ..... a horror movie last night. A) Watch. B) Watched. C) Watching. D) Watches. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Watched. 15. Ismail and Kamal ..... video games last Thursday afternoon. A) Play. B) Plays. C) Playing. D) Played. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Played. 16. We ..... to the cinema last Sunday. A) Go. B) Goes. C) Went. D) Going. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Went. 17. Yesterday, Sally ..... a book while I ..... dinner. A) Was reading-was making. B) Were reading-was making. C) Were reading-was making. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was reading-was making. 18. Change the following verbs in the past tense forms.decrease A) Decreases. B) Decreasing. C) Decreased. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Decreased. 19. I ..... to Samsun last Sunday. A) Fly. B) Flew. C) Flown. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flew. 20. What is narrative text? A) A text that tells us about our experince. B) A text tells us about a report. C) A text tells us an imaginative story to entertain people. D) A text tells us about how to make/do something. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A text tells us an imaginative story to entertain people. 21. The Simple Past Tense is used to talk about ..... A) An action that is happening right now at this moment. B) A finished or completed action (in the past). C) An action that happs regularly (every day, every year, every night, etc.). D) What will happen / "is going" to happen in the future (but is has not happened yet). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A finished or completed action (in the past). 22. Was Sally playing tennis while her brother ..... polo. A) Were playing. B) Was playing. C) Not was playing. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was playing. 23. Last year, she finally (A) the prize for reading the most number of books. A) Wins. B) Win. C) Won. D) Is winning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Won. 24. How old ..... you when you ..... to ride a bicylcle for the first time. A) Are, learn. B) Were, learned. C) Will, learn. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were, learned. 25. We (are) ..... very lucky with the weather. A) Are. B) Was. C) Were. D) Will. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were. ← 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