Past Simple Tense Quiz - Quizzes

Try this quiz to test your mastery of the past simple tense.

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Past Simple Tense Quiz

Choose the best answers to complete the sentences.

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When __________ the driver’s licence?

1. was you get

2. did you get

3. you got

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Fifty years ago, we ___________ electricity in our village.

1. didn't have

2. didn't had

3. not had

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

1. was

2. is

3. does

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She always ___________ reading fairy tales when she was young

1. enjoyed

2. enjoys

3. was enjoyed

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

1. did visited

2. visit

3. visited

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___________ Arabic when you were in Morocco?

1. Did you learn

2. Was you learn

3. Did you learned

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

1. broke

2. breaks

3. broken

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My father __________ his suitcase an hour ago.

1. find

2. found

3. founded

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My sister __________ up early in the morning.

1. wasn’t wake

2. didn’t wake

3. didn’t woke

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

1. took

2. take

3. takes

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We first ... almost twenty years ago.

1. meeting

2. meet

3. met

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What ___________ last weekend?

1. did you do

2. you did

3. were you do

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

1. sleeps

2. slept

3. sleeping

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We __________ to the mountains last January.

1. were go

2. went

3. are going

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They __________ in Austria for the whole month of July.

1. were

2. was

3. did be

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Layla __________ a nice time with her cousins last holiday.

1. had

2. was have

3. has

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