Multiple Choice Questions on Past Tense (Part 1)

PAST TENSE (Part-1)

 

This is a set of multiple-choice questions testing knowledge of past tense verb forms, including past simple, past continuous, past perfect, and past perfect continuous. The questions ask for the correct verb form for a given subject and tense, as well as identifying which sentence is in a particular tense.

 

1.      Which verb tense is used to express completed actions in the past?

a)      Past simple

b)     Past continuous

c)      Past perfect

d)     Past perfect continuous

Correct answer: a) Past simple

 

2.      I _______ my homework yesterday.

a)      am doing

b)     do

c)      did

d)     have done

Correct answer: c) did

 

3.      She _______ to the party last night.

a)      is going

b)     goes

c)      went

d)     has gone

Correct answer: c) went

 

4.      We _______ a lot of fun at the beach last summer.

a)      had

b)     have

c)      are having

d)     were having

Correct answer: a) had

 

5.      They _______ to London last week.

a)      will go

b)     went

c)      have gone

d)     are going

Correct answer: b) went

 

6.      The train _______ before we reached the station.

a)      leave

b)     left

c)      leaves

d)     has left

Correct answer: b) left

 

7.      He _______ his lunch an hour ago.

a)      eats

b)     eat

c)      ate

d)     has eaten

Correct answer: c) ate

 

8.      Maria _______ to the cinema last night.

a)      go

b)     goes

c)      went

d)     has gone

Correct answer: c) went

 

9.      They _______ a new car last month.

a)      buy

b)     buys

c)      bought

d)     have bought

Correct answer: c) bought

 

10.   She _______ her keys yesterday.

a)      lose

b)     loses

c)      lost

d)     has lost

Correct answer: c) lost

 

11.   The children _______ in the park when it started raining.

a)      play

b)     plays

c)      played

d)     have played

Correct answer: c) played

 

12.   We _______ the movie twice last week.

a)      watch

b)     watches

c)      watched

d)     have watched

Correct answer: c) watched

 

13.   He _______ his homework before going to bed.

a)      finish

b)     finishes

c)      finished

d)     has finished

Correct answer: c) finished

 

14.   Sarah _______ her best in the exam.

a)      try

b)     tries

c)      tried

d)     has tried

Correct answer: c) tried

 

15.   She _______ a new car last year.

a)      buy

b)     buys

c)      bought

d)     has bought

Correct answer: c) bought