Past Tense Exercise, Online

Before doing this exercise, would you please review the simple past tense.

The Simple Past Tense Exercise

  

Read the sentence carefully in every question then choose the best answer to fill the blank. Your time is 10 minutes only.

 

1. Mr Emerson .......... a story to his son before sleeping last night.
   1.   dictates
   2.   dictated
   3.   dictating
   4.   dictate
2. Tommy went to his friend's house. He ......... a package in the mail. He ......... from post office.
   1.   bring, is
   2.   brought, was
   3.   bringing, am
   4.   brings, was
3. The Ministry of Cultural and Education, Mr. Nadiem Makariem ...... the former CEO of GoJek Indonesia.
   1.   were
   2.   is
   3.   was
   4.   been
4. Ted ........... snow from his driveway yesterday, his wife ..... him a cup of hot coffee.
   1.   shovels, gave
   2.   shoveled, gave
   3.   shoveling, give
   4.   shovelen, gave
5. I don't take any pills from the drugstore right now. Because the doctor ......... to stop consuming medicine yesterday.
   1.   forbid
   2.   forbade
   3.   forbided
   4.   forbiden
6. My mother ...... my t-shirt in the garden this morning.
   1.   sew
   2.   saw
   3.   sewed
   4.   sewing
7. Yesterday, i ....... my uncle. The sun ...... so bright. I ........ My glasses.
   1.   visit, shine, wear
   2.   visited, shined, weared
   3.   visited, shone, wore
   4.   visited, shines, wore
8. Many Indonesian traditional farmers ....... their wagon to pick the commodities up from field to home in 1990
   1.   ride
   2.   rode
   3.   riding
   4.   rides
9. The kid ...... so loud, but i ..... him a bar of chocolate.
   1.   weeping, given
   2.   wept, gave
   3.   weped, gave
   4.   wipe, give
10. The Microsoft News .......... that UK ....... East Java to overcome the Covid 19.
    1.   reports, helped
    2.   reporting, helped
    3.   reported, helped
    4.   reports, helps