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 We first ... almost twenty years ago. 1. met 2. meet 3. meeting 2 / 16 While he was at college, he ___________ part in many student activities. 1. took 2. take 3. takes 3 / 16 They __________ in Austria for the whole month of July. 1. did be 2. was 3. were 4 / 16 My father __________ his suitcase an hour ago. 1. founded 2. find 3. found 5 / 16 Fifty years ago, we ___________ electricity in our village. 1. didn't have 2. didn't had 3. not had 6 / 16 After a tiring day in the woods, they ___________ soundly in their tents last night. 1. sleeps 2. slept 3. sleeping 7 / 16 Layla __________ a nice time with her cousins last holiday. 1. was have 2. has 3. had 8 / 16 Last night, a fire ___________ out in a big mall in our neighborhood. 1. broke 2. breaks 3. broken 9 / 16 What ___________ last weekend? 1. you did 2. did you do 3. were you do 10 / 16 We __________ to the mountains last January. 1. were go 2. went 3. are going 11 / 16 My sister __________ up early in the morning. 1. didn’t woke 2. didn’t wake 3. wasn’t wake 12 / 16 Jane ___________ not there to meet me when I arrived at the station. 1. is 2. was 3. does 13 / 16 ___________ Arabic when you were in Morocco? 1. Did you learn 2. Was you learn 3. Did you learned 14 / 16 She always ___________ reading fairy tales when she was young 1. was enjoyed 2. enjoyed 3. enjoys 15 / 16 When __________ the driver’s licence? 1. did you get 2. was you get 3. you got 16 / 16 When I was in Sydney, I ___________ a lot of attractive places. 1. visit 2. visited 3. did visited 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