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Past simple quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When do we use the Past Simple?

a)

When you are talking about the present.

b)

When you are talking about past actions that are finished.

c)

When you are talking about a period of time.

d)

When you are talking about actions in progress.

2.

My family and I ________ in London when I was young.

a)

lived

b)

live

c)

were living

d)

living

3.

Past form of the verb: HAVE

(a)  

4.

I _______ at home yesterday.

a)

were

b)

am

c)

is

d)

was

5.

An irregular verb is one that forms its simple past by adding -ed or -d.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

6.

Write the correct past tens of the verb: GO

(a)  

7.

Adam ______ (hear) a new song on the radio last night.

a)

hearded

b)

heart

c)

heard

d)

hear

8.

_____ you _______ your friend last weekend?

a)

do / saw

b)

did / see

c)

do / see

d)

did /saw

9.

The most common time expressions used for the past simple are:

a)

Last year / month / week / night

b)

Yesterday

c)

At the moment / Right now

d)

A week ago

10.

To form the negative of a sentence in the Simple Past you need to use the past form of the auxiliary verb that is 'did' + 'not' + the infinitive of the verb you want to use.

For example – I did not play.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

11.

Past form of the verb: KNOW

(a)  

12.

On Sunday afternoon, Michael _________ a book about dinosaurs.

a)

read

b)

readed

c)

readen

d)

reading

13.

They _____ popcorn and ______ TV yesterday morning.

a)

eat / watched

b)

eat /watch

c)

eaten / watch

d)

ate / watched

14.

Past form of the verb: LOSE

(a)  

15.

Write the sentence below in the past simple:

"Do you swim?"

(a)