Global MCQ Practice
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Simple Past Time Markers UsageSet 1

1Choose the right forms of the verb: They ..... us too much for our meal last night.
2I went to Singapore .....
3The final report ..... (compile) two days ago.
4Now:Wednesday evening.We watched a movie ..... (Tuesday 10:00pm)
5Identify the mistake in the sentence: "Sean studied English tomorrow."
6Choose in which tense the verb in brackets needs to go in:My sister (go) cinema twice last week.
7When did you have Math test? I had Math .....
8When did it start?
9Last night, the storm ..... (is) so bad. Many houses ..... (are) damaged.
10Preterit is used to talk about
11We visited our gandparents .....
12Victor ..... at university for three months but then he started work in an engineering company. That was last month.
13Which set of words indicates past tense?
14Ticket 10: The Past Simple (I did)-When do we use the past simple tense?
15The film ..... (make) ten years ago
16Choose the correct answer by circling A, B, C or D. I met Tom .....
17For actions which happen one after another in the past
18Choose time expressions that we often use with Simple Past.
19Betty(open)theshoplastsummer.
20The fax machine ..... last week
21Ruth read The Journey last week and ..... a new book from the library this morning.
22Anton and Doni have been friends since they ..... elementary school.
23The house (have) a swimming pool when I lived there few years ago.
24Which situation fits simple past tense?
25We played football in the yard .....
26There ..... a good film on TV at prime time 2 days ago.
27When did Tina and Toni watch the Harry Potter movie?
28IN 1996
29Select the sentence that correctly uses a past time expression with the past simple of 'be'.
30When did he start building his garden?
31We use while before the simple past.
32My dad worked in Hue a few years ......
33The blue car ..... the street after the lights ..... red.
34Last summer I ..... around Island by car with two friends and we ..... lots of interesting places.
35Uncle Lee ..... his car just now.
36The invitation ..... (send) to all the guests last week.
37When did Rosy go to the park?
38What change if any should be made in sentence 3?(3) The boy crosses the road yesterday.
39We stayed at the beach resort .....
40We use the PAST SIMPLE tense (DID, TRAVELLED, BROUGHT etc.) .....
41Yesterday, Eden and Lucky talked about their homework. The sentence that uses a time expression for the past simple is (a)
42A lot of old songs ..... on the radio last week.
43Choose the sentence in which the sequential events are shown in past time.
44Vika initiated the distribution throughout the nation as soon as it .....
45Words you will see in past tense
46Write the name of the tense for the signal word: Last week
47Is this sentence correct?The finance sector changed dramatically over the past five years.
48I last (see) ..... Lan at her house two ..... ago.
49I went to Bali .....
50In the 1960a, due in part to the invention of air conditioning, the population of the United States ..... a dramatic geographical shift southward.
51Which of the following is a correct example of using "when" as a time marker in the simple past?
52Which sentence indicates a specific time in the past?
53We use Past Simple for an action which happened at a definite time in the past; the time is stated, already known or implied.
54With adverbs like: last week, yesterday, two days ago, in 2020 we use:
55The children left the playground as soon as it ..... to rain.
56According to the timeline diagram, where does the simple past tense action occur?
57Everyone ..... on cloud nine because of getting a free gift just now.
58Part 3: True or False-Instructions: Mark T for True and F for False. The Simple Past tense describes a future event. Choose True or False.
59Today is 26th of April, 24th of April was .....
60Choose the correct time expression to complete the sentence: "I called you ..... "
61The last time I ..... in Athens, the weather was hot and humid.