Past Simple Tense Quiz

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Past Simple Tense Quiz

Choose the best answers to complete the sentences.

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Last night, a fire ___________ out in a big mall in our neighborhood.

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___________ Arabic when you were in Morocco?

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We __________ to the mountains last January.

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Layla __________ a nice time with her cousins last holiday.

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What ___________ last weekend?

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My sister __________ up early in the morning.

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Jane ___________ not there to meet me when I arrived at the station.

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When __________ the driver’s licence?

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Fifty years ago, we ___________ electricity in our village.

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While he was at college, he ___________ part in many student activities.

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We first ... almost twenty years ago.

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She always ___________ reading fairy tales when she was young

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They __________ in Austria for the whole month of July.

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When I was in Sydney, I ___________ a lot of attractive places.

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  1. My father __________ his suitcase an hour ago.

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After a tiring day in the woods, they ___________ soundly in their tents last night.

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