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The Simple Past Tense

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The referee _______ his whistle to start the game.

a)

blew

b)

blow

c)

blowing

d)

blows

2.

He _______ before his wife to ask for forgiveness.

a)

kneel

b)

knelt

c)

kneeling

d)

kneels

3.

The board of directors _______ Mr. Man to be the new president.

a)

choose

b)

choosing

c)

chose

d)

chooses

4.

We _______ our ex-classmate whom we had not seen for ages in school yesterday.

a)

meet

b)

meeting

c)

meets

d)

met

5.

She _______ for the food we ordered for the orphans.

a)

paid

b)

pay

c)

paying

d)

pays

6.

The monitor _______ the floor this morning before the bell rang.

a)

sweep

b)

swept

c)

sweeping

d)

sweeps

7.

Alison _______ a blue blouse and a pair of blue jeans.

a)

wear

b)

wearing

c)

wore

d)

wears

8.

Every member of the Parent-Teacher Association _______ the problems faced by the school.

a)

understand

b)

understanding

c)

understands

d)

understood

9.

Danny _______ a beautiful diamond necklace for his mother last year.

a)

buy

b)

buys

c)

bought

d)

was buying

10.

They _______on their journey when the rain stopped.

a)

continue

b)

continues

c)

continued

d)

was continuing

11.

The children _______ across the road when they saw the fire.

a)

ran

b)

run

c)

runs

d)

running

12.

They _______ down when they received the sad news.

a)

break

b)

broke

c)

breaks

d)

were breaking

13.

The soldiers _______ against the communists in 1948.

a)

fight

b)

fights

c)

fought

d)

was fighting

14.

Johnson _______ a bad fall this morning so he has to stay at home for a week.

a)

has

b)

had

c)

have

d)

having

15.

My mother _______ a cup of milk before she went to bed.

a)

drink

b)

drank

c)

drinks

d)

drinking

16.

The artist _______ a potrait of our Prime Minister and represented it to him.

a)

draw

b)

drew

c)

draws

d)

was drawing

17.

She _______ a letter to the headmaster of the school, explaining her absence.

a)

write

b)

wrote

c)

is write

d)

was wrote

18.

The boys _______ the police to the kidnappers' den yesterday.

a)

led

b)

leads

c)

was leading

d)

were leading

19.

The assistant monitor _______ the teacher's money so he was punished by the headmaster.

a)

steal

b)

stole

c)

steals

d)

was stealing

20.

She _______ asleep while revising her work.

a)

fall

b)

fell

c)

fallen

d)

were falling