don’t know how to play tennis.[r]
(1)NAME: DATE:
GRAMMAR QUIZ
PAST SIMPLE (Regular Verbs) Answer these sixteen questions to score your knowledge of PAST SIMPLE grammar
1 My classmate and I … our teacher 9 I had to … dinner last night, so I a question about the test couldn’t watch the TV program
a) ask a) cook b) asked b) cooking c) was asking c) cooked
2 John wanted to … work yesterday 10 (A) Did you … the book?
but he was sick (B) No, I …
a) go to a) finish / not finish b) went b) finishing / wasn’t c) go c) finish / didn’t
3 They … to the park because they 11 Why … you wash the dirty dishes
were very tired last week?
a) no walk a) didn’t b) not walk b) not c) didn’t walk c) weren’t
4 (A) Did you talk to your boss? 12 He … see a dentist yesterday
(B) Yes, I … because he had a toothache
a) talked a) want b) did b) wanted to c) was c) wants to
5 He … twenty minutes for the bus 13 I … at the library very late last
yesterday night
a) waits a) did stayed b) waited b) stayed c) was wait c) was stayed
6 (A) … they fix their bicycles? 14 Mr Johnson … for help when he
(B) Yes, they … fell in the water
a) Did / did a) was shout b) Were / did b) shouts c) Did / fixed c) shouted
7 Where … you go to school when 15 She didn’t answer the phone
you were young? because she … hear it ring
a) did a) didn’t b) does b) weren’t c) were c) wasn’t
8 They … go camping in a park when 16 I tennis yesterday because I they were children don’t know how to play tennis
a) didn’t like a) didn’t played b) liked b) not played c) liked to c) didn’t play
15 – 16 = Excellent 13 – 14 = Good 12 or Less = Study More!
(2)GRAMMAR QUIZ ALL Things Grammar
Grammar Focus Past simple (Regular Verbs)
Level Intermediate
ANSWER KEY My Notes
1. B 2. A 3. C 4. B 5. B 6. A 7. A 8 C
9. A
10. C
11. A
12. B
13. B
14. C
15 A
16 C
Grades as percentages
16 / 16 = 100%
15 / 16 = 94 14 / 16 = 88 13 / 16 = 81 12 / 16 = 75
11 / 16 = 69
10 / 18 = 63 9 / 16 = 56
8 / 16 = 50
7 / 16 = 44 6 / 16 = 38
5 / 16 = 31
4 / 16 = 25
3 / 16 = 19
2 / 16 = 13 1 / 16 = 0 / 16 = %