Quiz: Past Simple Tense

There are 10 questions in this quiz and each question has only one true answer. You can check the answers and learn the result of your quiz after you finish the test.

1. I _________ football with my friends in the park yesterday. I _________ a lot of goals.
   play / score
   played / scored
   playing / scored
   playing / scoring
   


2. I _________ some crisps at home this morning.
   ate
   eated
   was eat
   was ate
   


3. My father _________ five kilometres in the park last week.
   run
   was run
   runned
   ran
   


4. There _________ a big football match in this stadium last night. I _________ it on TV.
   are / see
   be / saw
   was / saw
   were / was see
   


5. I _________ swimming every Saturday but I _________ last Saturday because I _________ ill.
   go / didn’t go / was
   like / was go / am
   am interested in / was / became
   am not / start / were
   


6. Some of my friends _________ a lot of questions to our new teacher.
   asking
   asked
   asks
   were asked
   


7. _________ your brother go swimming last week?
   Are
   Is
   Did
   Does
   


8. He _________ study enough for his English exam so he _________ just forty-five points.
   wasn’t / took
   didn’t / got
   isn’t / gets
   was / didn’t get
   


9. A funny thing _________ to me this morning. I _________ my books into my father’s bag by mistake.
   happen / put
   was happen / put
   happening / was put
   happened / put
   


10. There _________ a newspaper on the table in the kitchen but I _________ read it.
    were / wasn’t
    did / didn’t
    was / didn’t
    was / wasn’t
    

Past Simple Tense Quizzes