Try this quiz to test your mastery of the past simple tense.You may want to review the lesson before you start the quiz. Click here to review the lesson! 0% Past Simple Tense Quiz Choose the best answers to complete the sentences. 1 / 16 Last night, a fire ___________ out in a big mall in our neighborhood. 1. broken 2. breaks 3. broke 2 / 16 We first ... almost twenty years ago. 1. meeting 2. met 3. meet 3 / 16 Jane ___________ not there to meet me when I arrived at the station. 1. does 2. was 3. is 4 / 16 Fifty years ago, we ___________ electricity in our village. 1. didn't had 2. not had 3. didn't have 5 / 16 My father __________ his suitcase an hour ago. 1. found 2. find 3. founded 6 / 16 We __________ to the mountains last January. 1. went 2. are going 3. were go 7 / 16 When __________ the driver’s licence? 1. did you get 2. was you get 3. you got 8 / 16 What ___________ last weekend? 1. did you do 2. were you do 3. you did 9 / 16 She always ___________ reading fairy tales when she was young 1. enjoyed 2. enjoys 3. was enjoyed 10 / 16 After a tiring day in the woods, they ___________ soundly in their tents last night. 1. sleeps 2. sleeping 3. slept 11 / 16 They __________ in Austria for the whole month of July. 1. were 2. did be 3. was 12 / 16 ___________ Arabic when you were in Morocco? 1. Was you learn 2. Did you learn 3. Did you learned 13 / 16 While he was at college, he ___________ part in many student activities. 1. takes 2. take 3. took 14 / 16 When I was in Sydney, I ___________ a lot of attractive places. 1. did visited 2. visit 3. visited 15 / 16 My sister __________ up early in the morning. 1. didn’t woke 2. didn’t wake 3. wasn’t wake 16 / 16 Layla __________ a nice time with her cousins last holiday. 1. had 2. has 3. was have Your score is 0% Restart quiz Download this quiz with answers in printable PDF. More resources on the Site:Past Simple TensePast Continuous and Past Simple QuizPast Simple, Past Continuous and Past Perfect QuizPast Perfect QuizExercisesQuizzes