Simple Past Tense Quiz

Simple Past Tense Quiz: 20 Questions to Test Your English

Mastering Regular and Irregular Verbs (V2)

Test your knowledge of the Simple Past Tense! This quiz includes questions on affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms of both regular and irregular verbs, as well as the past tense of 'to be' (was/were). Choose the best option for each sentence.

1. Choose the correct past form of the verb: They _______ (walk) to school yesterday.

walked
walk
walking
walks

2. What did you do last weekend? I _______ (go) to the cinema.

goed
went
gone
goe

3. He _______ (write) a book when he was young.

writed
wrote
written
writes

4. We _______ (not / listen) to the radio this morning.

didn't listened
didn't listen
not listened
doesn't listen

5. She _______ (not / drive) a car to work last week.

didn't drove
didn't driven
didn't drive
drove not

6. _______ (cook) dinner for us yesterday?

Did you cooked
You did cook
Did you cook
Cooked you

7. _______ (sleep) well last night?

Did she slept
Slept she
Did she sleep
Was she sleep

8. The students _______ (study) hard for the exam.

studyd
studiyed
studied
studed

9. The car suddenly _______ (stop) in the middle of the road.

stoped
stopped
stop
stopied

10. My father _______ (be) a teacher 20 years ago.

is
were
was
be

11. The children _______ (be) very happy after the party.

was
were
is
has been

12. I _______ (not / be) at home when you called.

didn't was
wasn't
weren't
not was

13. Did they _______ (go / went) to the party with you?

went
go
going
to go

14. She _______ (see) the accident ten minutes ago.

saw
seed
seen
seeing

15. My mother _______ (buy) a new dress last week.

buyed
bought
buied
buyt

16. They _______ (live) in Paris from 2005 to 2010.

liveed
lived
liv
leave

17. _______ you at the cinema with your friends last weekend?

Did
Were
Was
Are

18. What _______ (say) to him about the meeting?

did you said
did you say
you did say
said you

19. He _______ (clean) his room every day last week.

cleans
cleaned
cleant
did clean

20. They _______ (not / make) any noise during the film.

didn't made
didn't make
made not
did not making