Contrasting Simple Present vs. Simple Past Tense: Interactive Grammar Quiz

Comparing English Tenses

Simple Present vs. Simple Past Tense

Interactive & Self-Scoring Grammar Quiz

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Before taking this quiz, make sure you’ve reviewed the differences between Simple Present and Simple Past on Mister Guru. This interactive exercise will test your understanding of how and when to use both tenses correctly.

Read each question carefully and select the best answer(s). Some questions require more than one correct option. When you’re done, click "Submit" to see your score. Click "Reset Your Answer" if you want to redo the quiz.

1. She usually ___ to school by bicycle. Cycling is her hobby.
   1. go
   2. goes
   3. went
   4. going
2. We ___ the movie last night.
   1. watch
   2. watches
   3. watched
   4. watching
3. My father ___ coffee every morning. It is his favorite drink.
   1. drink
   2. drinks
   3. drank
   4. drinking
4. They ___ a new house last month.
   1. bought
   2. buys
   3. buy
   4. buying
5. The sun ___ in the east.
   1. rises
   2. rise
   3. rose
   4. risen
6. I ___ my homework after dinner yesterday.
   1. do
   2. done
   3. does
   4. did
7. He is a diligent boy. He never ___ late for class.
   1. come
   2. comes
   3. came
   4. coming
8. His parents are in Bali. He ___ them almost every month.
   1. visited
   2. visit
   3. visits
   4. visiting
9. The students ___ the test seriously yesterday.
   1. take
   2. takes
   3. taken
   4. took
10. I am an early riser. I ___ breakfast at 6 a.m. every day.
    1. has
    2. have
    3. had
    4. having
11. She ___ a letter to her friend last week.
    1. wrote
    2. writes
    3. write
    4. writing
12. We always ___ our hands before eating. That's our habit.
    1. washes
    2. washed
    3. wash
    4. washing
13. The teacher ___ angry when students came late yesterday.
    1. is
    2. was
    3. are
    4. were
14. It ___ heavily last night.
    1. rain
    2. rains
    3. raining
    4. rained
15. I ___ English every day. That's my favorite subject in school.
    1. studied
    2. study
    3. studies
    4. studying
16. My mother ___ dinner when I arrived home.
    1. cook
    2. cooks
    3. cooking
    4. cooked
17. He ___ TV after doing his homework. It’s part of his daily routine.
    1. watch
    2. watches
    3. watched
    4. watching
18. The meeting ___ at 7 p.m. last night.
    1. start
    2. starts
    3. started
    4. starting
19. I usually ___ my car on Sundays.
    1. wash
    2. washed
    3. washes
    4. washing
20. She ___ to the market yesterday morning.
    1. go
    2. goes
    3. going
    4. went
21. I ___ very tired yesterday because I ___ too much.
    1. was
    2. am
    3. worked
    4. work
22. They always ___ together, but last week they ___ separately.
    1. travels
    2. travel
    3. traveled
    4. are traveling
23. My sister ___ her teeth every morning and ___ breakfast afterward.
    1. brush
    2. brushes
    3. ate
    4. eats
24. When I was a child, I ___ in that village and my grandparents ___ too.
    1. live
    2. lived
    3. did
    4. do
25. He ___ to school every day, but yesterday he ___ because it rained.
    1. walks
    2. walked
    3. run
    4. ran

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