Past Simple Tense Quiz

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

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Choose the best answers to complete the sentences.

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

1. did visited

2. visited

3. visit

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When __________ the driver’s licence?

1. was you get

2. did you get

3. you got

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Layla __________ a nice time with her cousins last holiday.

1. was have

2. had

3. has

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My sister __________ up early in the morning.

1. didn’t wake

2. didn’t woke

3. wasn’t wake

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

1. sleeping

2. sleeps

3. slept

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___________ Arabic when you were in Morocco?

1. Did you learn

2. Did you learned

3. Was you learn

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

1. breaks

2. broken

3. broke

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

1. is

2. does

3. was

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What ___________ last weekend?

1. did you do

2. were you do

3. you did

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We __________ to the mountains last January.

1. are going

2. were go

3. went

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We first ... almost twenty years ago.

1. meeting

2. met

3. meet

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They __________ in Austria for the whole month of July.

1. was

2. were

3. did be

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My father __________ his suitcase an hour ago.

1. find

2. founded

3. found

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Fifty years ago, we ___________ electricity in our village.

1. not had

2. didn't had

3. didn't have

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

1. take

2. took

3. takes

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She always ___________ reading fairy tales when she was young

1. was enjoyed

2. enjoyed

3. enjoys

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