Are you ready to take our Simple Present / Simple Past Multiple Choice English Grammar Quiz?
Decide if the correct answer is either simple present or simple past.
There are 20 Questions.
Read each question carefully and watch the video.
The answers to the quiz are at the bottom of the page.
Let us know how you did!
1. Sue ___________ a lot yesterday.
A) works
B) worked
C) work
D) will work
2. ________ Michael _________ how to play the piano?
A) Did / knew
B) Do / know
C) Does / know
D) Does / knew
3. What________ you do last night?
A) do
B) does
C) did
D) will
4. Do your parents usually __________ for lunch on Sundays?
A) go out
B) went out
C) goes out
D) will go out
5. Person 1: “How often ____________ your sister go to the gym?”
Person 2: “She goes to the gym three times a week.”
A) do
B) did
C) was
D) does
6. Mark _____________ coffee, he only drinks tea.
A) didn’t drank
B) doesn’t drink
C) don’t drink
D) doesn’t drank
7. I don’t like washing the car, but now I often ___________ it every Thursday.
A) do
B) did
C) does
D) was
8. Paul hardly ever __________ breakfast so early in the morning.
A) have
B) has
C) did had
D) did
9. _________ the manager have a meeting with the client two weeks ago?
A) Do
B) Will
C) Does
D) Did
10. Person 1: “Did you go dancing last Friday?”
Person 2: “Yes, I_______.”
A) do
B) will
C) did
D) would
11. My husband and I _______watching reality shows. We watch one every Wednesday.
A) love
B) did loved
C) loves
D) will love
12. Jim____________ Italian lessons last year. This year, he wants to study Spanish.
A) did took
B) take
C) does took
D) took
13.They___________a car, so they usually travel by train.
A) didn’t have
B) don’t have
C) didn’t had
D) doesn’t have
14. Person 1: “Does Jessica_________ to work every day?”
Person 2: “No, she doesn’t. “
A) drives
B) drove
C) drive
D) did drive
15. Amanda is married, but she _______________ a ring.
A) doesn’t wear
B) didn’t wore
C) wasn’t were
D) don’t wear
16. We _____________ Marshall and Sophie when we were in Chicago last summer.
A) didn’t meet
B) don’t met
C) don’t meet
D) didn’t met
17. She always ___________ her grandparents on Sundays.
A) did visited
B) does visits
C) visit
D) visits
18. Tom didn’t want to go out, so he _____________ us over for dinner yesterday.
A) invites
B) invited
C) invite
D) was invite
19. I__________ a big lunch a couple of hours ago, so I’m not hungry now.
A) has
B) have
C) had
D) hadn’t
20. The movie we watched last night was awful! Why___________you like it?
A) doesn’t
B) did
C) wasn’t
D) aren’t
Answers:
1B 2C 3C 4A 5D 6B 7A 8B 9D 10C 11A 12D 13A 14C 15A 16A 17D 18B 19C 20B
How did you do?