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Online quiz to test your understanding of the Past Simple tense in English. This is a free multiple-choice quiz that you can do online or print out. For ESL learners.
Try making the English past simple with 'be' - this grammar exercise includes both 'wh' and 'yes / no' question forms. Click here to review how to make the past simple. Click here to download this exercise in PDF (with answers)
Make simple past questions using the words in brackets. Example: (you/like) ………………… avocados? → Do you like avocados? (you/dance) at the party last night? (she/do) her homework? (Robert/work) at the post office? (they/help) you with the washing-up? When (I/say) that? Check exercise. Show all exercises for this topic.
This simple past test asks you to fill in the blanks with the correct form of the simple past. You need to know regular and irregular verbs.
Exercise on Simple Past. Put the verbs into the correct form (simple past). Last year I (spend) my holiday in Ireland. It (be) great. I (travel) around by car with two friends and we (visit) lots of interesting places. In the evenings we usually (go) to a pub. One night we even (learn) some Irish dances. We (be) very lucky with the weather.
Write the past forms of the irregular verbs. leave → sell → bring → shut → spend → Complete the table in simple past.
Simple Past Tense Exercises. Put the verbs into the simple past: Last year I (go) to England on holiday. It (be) fantastic. I (visit) lots of interesting places. I (be) with two friends of mine . In the mornings we (walk) in the streets of London. In the evenings we (go) to pubs. The weather (be) strangely fine. It (rain) a lot.
