Past Simple Tenses Quiz
Preview:
Create a question using the verb ‘to eat’ in the past simple.
A. What do you eat yesterday?
B. What will you eat yesterday?
C. What did you eat yesterday?
D. What are you eating yesterday?
Identify the mistake: ‘We was happy about the trip.’
A. We were happy about the trip.
B. We are happy about the trip.
C. We is happy about the trip.
D. We was excited about the trip.
How do you ask if someone visited a place in the past?
A. Did you visit [place]?
B. Were you at [place]?
C. Did you go to [place]?
D. Have you been to [place]?
Which of the following is an irregular verb: ‘play’, ‘go’, ‘talk’?
A. go
B. run
C. jump
D. swim
What is the past simple form of ‘to write’?
A. writed
B. writeed
C. wroteen
D. wrote
What is the correct negative form of ‘He finished his homework’?
A. He has not finished his homework.
B. He did not finish his homework.
C. He didn’t finish his homework.
D. He finishes his homework not.
What is the affirmative form of ‘to walk’ in the past simple?
A. walking
B. walkeded
C. walked
D. walks
What time expressions are commonly used with the past simple?
A. tomorrow
B. next week
C. in the future
D. yesterday, last week, last year, in 2010, an hour ago, two days ago
Fill in the blank: ‘I _____ (see) that movie last week.’
A. see
B. saw
C. watching
D. watches
What is the past simple form of ‘to go’?
A. goed
B. gone
C. goes
D. went
List three irregular verbs and their past simple forms.
A. go -> gone
B. [‘go’ -> ‘went’, ‘eat’ -> ‘ate’, ‘see’ -> ‘saw’]
C. eat -> eaten
D. see -> seen
How do you form a negative sentence in the past simple?
A. Add ‘not’ after the verb in its past form.
B. Use ‘did’ + base form of the verb.
C. Use ‘was not’ or ‘weren’t’ + past participle of the verb.
D. Use ‘did not’ or ‘didn’t’ + base form of the verb.
Identify the mistake: ‘She don’t like the movie yesterday.’
A. She don’t likes the movie yesterday.
B. She doesn’t like the movie yesterday.
C. She didn’t like the movie yesterday.
D. She doesn’t likes the movie yesterday.
What is the past simple form of ‘to be’ for ‘I’?
A. was
B. is
C. am
D. were
What time expression would you use for an event that happened last year?
A. next year
B. this year
C. two years ago
D. last year
Convert this affirmative sentence to a question: ‘She visited her grandmother.’
A. She did visit her grandmother?
B. Did she visits her grandmother?
C. Did she visit her grandmother?
D. Has she visited her grandmother?
How do you form a question with ‘to have’ in the past simple?
A. Have you did…?
B. Did you has…?
C. You had…?
D. Did you have…?
Create a negative sentence using ‘to buy’ in the past simple.
A. I did not bought a car.
B. I buy not a car.
C. I did not buy car.
D. I did not buy a car.
Convert this sentence to negative: ‘They played soccer.’
A. They did not play soccer.
B. They have not played soccer.
C. They don’t play soccer.
D. They were not playing soccer.
How do you form a negative sentence with ‘to do’ in the past simple?
A. Use ‘did not’ or ‘didn’t’ + base form of the verb.
B. Use ‘did’ + past form of the verb.
C. Use ‘does not’ + base form of the verb.
D. Use ‘do not’ + past form of the verb.