Present Simple and Past Simple – English Grammar Test for A2
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a) likes
b) like
c) liked
2 They ___ (go) to the cinema every weekend.
a) goes
b) go
c) went
3 He ___ (watch) a movie yesterday evening.
a) watch
b) watched
c) watches
4 We ___ (live) in London now.
a) lives
b) live
c) lived
5 I ___ (study) English every day.
a) studied
b) studies
c) study
6 They ___ (visit) their grandmother last Sunday.
a) visits
b) visit
c) visited
7 She ___ (be) very happy yesterday.
a) is
b) was
c) were
8 My parents ___ (be) teachers.
a) is
b) was
c) are
9 He ___ (play) football with his friends every Friday.
a) plays
b) play
c) played
10 We ___ (travel) to Spain last summer.
a) travel
b) travelled
c) travels
11 She ___ (work) in a hospital.
a) work
b) works
c) worked
12 I ___ (eat) pizza yesterday.
a) eats
b) eat
c) ate
13 They ___ (study) together at the library.
a) study
b) studied
c) studies
14 Tom ___ (buy) a new phone last week.
a) buy
b) bought
c) buys
15 My brother ___ (play) the guitar very well.
a) plays
b) play
c) played
16 We ___ (have) a party last night.
a) has
b) had
c) have
17 She ___ (read) books every evening.
a) read
b) reads
c) reading
18 They ___ (swim) in the sea last summer.
a) swim
b) swam
c) swims
19 The students ___ (listen) to the teacher carefully.
a) listen
b) listened
c) listens
20 I ___ (drink) coffee every morning.
a) drinks
b) drank
c) drink
21 She ___ (watch) TV last night.
a) watched
b) watches
c) watch
22 He ___ (finish) his homework yesterday.
a) finish
b) finished
c) finishes
23 My father ___ (work) in a bank.
a) works
b) work
c) worked
24 They ___ (play) tennis last weekend.
a) play
b) played
c) plays
25 She ___ (like) swimming when she was a child.
a) likes
b) like
c) liked
26 We ___ (eat) lunch at 12 o’clock every day.
a) ate
b) eat
c) eats
27 I ___ (go) to the park yesterday.
a) go
b) went
c) goes
28 She ___ (speak) English and Spanish.
a) speak
b) spoke
c) speaks
29 They ___ (visit) Paris last year.
a) visit
b) visits
c) visited
30 He ___ (wake up) late yesterday morning.
a) wake up
b) woke up
c) wakes up
Answer
1 a) likes – Present Simple, 3rd person singular → add -s.
2 b) go – Subject “they” takes base form.
3 b) watched – Past Simple of “watch”.
4 b) live – Present Simple with “we”.
5 c) study – Present Simple with “I”.
6 c) visited – Past Simple of “visit”.
7 b) was – Past Simple of “be” for singular subject.
8 c) are – Present Simple plural.
9 a) plays – Present Simple, 3rd person singular.
10 b) travelled – Past Simple of “travel”.
11 b) works – Present Simple, 3rd person singular.
12 c) ate – Past Simple of “eat”.
13 a) study – Present Simple with “they”.
14 b) bought – Irregular Past Simple of “buy”.
15 a) plays – Present Simple, 3rd person singular.
16 b) had – Past Simple of “have”.
17 b) reads – Present Simple, 3rd person singular.
18 b) swam – Past Simple of “swim”.
19 a) listen – Present Simple with plural subject.
20 c) drink – Present Simple with “I”.
21 a) watched – Past Simple of “watch”.
22 b) finished – Past Simple of “finish”.
23 a) works – Present Simple, 3rd person singular.
24 b) played – Past Simple of “play”.
25 c) liked – Past Simple of “like”.
26 b) eat – Present Simple with “we”.
27 b) went – Irregular Past Simple of “go”.
28 c) speaks – Present Simple, 3rd person singular.
29 c) visited – Past Simple of “visit”.
30 b) woke up – Irregular Past Simple of “wake up”.