Grammar Quiz: Past Simple

1. My classmate and I ... our teacher a question about the test.

• ask

• asked

• was asking

• was asked

• had asked

John wanted to ... work yesterday but he was sick.

• go to

• went

• go

• going

• gone

They ... to the park because they were very tired.

• no walk

• not walk

• didn’t walk

• don't walk

• didn't walked

He ... twenty minutes for the bus yesterday.

• waits

• waited

• was wait

• was waiting

• was waited

(A) ... they fix their bicycles? (B) Yes, they ....

• Did / did

• Were / did

• Did / fixed

• Are/Did

• Did/do

Where ... you go to school when you were young?

• did

• does

• were

• do

• had

(A) Did you ... the book? (B) No, I ....

• finish / not finish

• finishing / wasn’t

• finish / didn’t

• finished/did

• finished/didn't

Why ... you wash the dirty dishes last week?

• didn’t

• not

• weren’t

• don't

• doesn't

He ... see a dentist yesterday because he had a toothache.

• want

• wanted to

• wants to

• did want

• does want

I ... at the library very late last night.

• did stayed

• stayed

• was stayed

• staying

• stay