Past Simple Tense Quiz for Kids

Which of the following is the past tense form of the verb "see"?

• sees

• seed

• saw

• seen

What is the past tense form of the verb "eat"?

• eated

• ate

• eaten

• eats

Which sentence uses the past tense of the verb "buy" correctly?

• She buys a new dress yesterday.

• She buyed a new dress yesterday.

• She bought a new dress yesterday.

• She buying a new dress yesterday.

Which sentence correctly uses the Past Simple tense of the verb "walk"?

• They walks to school this morning.

• They walked to school this morning.

• They are walking to school this morning.

• They walking to school this morning.

Choose the sentence that correctly uses the Past Simple tense of the verb "swim."

• He swimmed across the lake last summer.

• He swims across the lake last summer.

• He swam across the lake last summer.

• He swimming across the lake last summer.

Identify the sentence that correctly uses the Past Simple tense of the verb "collect."

• She collects seashells at the beach yesterday.

• She collected seashells at the beach yesterday.

• She is collecting seashells at the beach yesterday.

• She collectted seashells at the beach yesterday.

Read the following sentences and identify which one uses the Past Simple tense of the verb "take" correctly.

• He taked the book from the shelf this morning.

• He takes the book from the shelf this morning.

• He took the book from the shelf this morning.

• He has take the book from the shelf this morning.

A student wrote the following paragraph. Which underlined verb is correctly written in the Past Simple tense? "Yesterday, I (A) walked to the park, (B) swimmed in the pool, (C) eated a sandwich, and (D) buyed some juice."

• walked

• swimmed

• eated

• buyed

Read the story below and answer the question: "Last weekend, Tom and his family went to the beach. They (1) saw many colorful fish. His sister (2) taked photos of the ocean. His brother (3) swam near the shore. His mother (4) buyed ice cream for everyone." Which verb in the story is NOT correctly written in the Past Simple tense?

• saw

• taked

• swam

• bought

A student wants to rewrite the following sentence entirely in the Past Simple tense: "Every day, she sees butterflies, collects flowers, eats lunch outside, and takes a long walk by the river." Which rewritten version is completely correct?

• Every day, she saw butterflies, collected flowers, ate lunch outside, and took a long walk by the river.

• Yesterday, she saw butterflies, collected flowers, ate lunch outside, and took a long walk by the river.

• Yesterday, she seed butterflies, collected flowers, eated lunch outside, and taked a long walk by the river.

• Yesterday, she saw butterflies, collectted flowers, ate lunch outside, and took a long walk by the river.