The simple past tenseOnline multiple choice quiz 3

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Type: Multiple choice test
Topic: The simple past tense
Author: Nihat Kasım

THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUIZ 1

1. First she _________ the phone and then she ________ down the message.
   answered / wrote
   answered / is writing
   answers / wrote
   right now
   


2. Mattew ____________ his favourite TV program last night.
   watches
   was watched
   watch
   watched
   


3. Last Saturday, Ginger ___________ her room.
   was cleaned
   tidied
   was vacuumed
   tidies
   


4. What ______ you ___________ for lunch?
   did / have
   did / had
   were / have
   are / had
   


5. Alex and Felix __________ fishing yesterday afternoon.
   were go
   are go
   went
   did went
   


6. They ________ do their homework last night.
   weren't do
   not did
   didn't did
   didn't do
   


7. Philip and Robert ___________ hide and seek when they were little.
   plays
   played
   were play
   were played
   


8. My father ____________ to New York yesterday.
   flyed
   flewed
   flew
   flied
   


9. People travelled on horses ________________.
   a hundred years ago
   tomorrow
   next year
   at the moment
   


10. Alexander Graham Bell ___________ the telephone in 1876.
    was invent
    inventor
    invented
    inventing