Past Simple Quiz

Put each verb in brackets into the Past Simple. Your team scores 1 point for each correct past tense. Answer the questions. Your team scores 2 points for each correct answer. Example John Lennondied.in: a) 1970 b) 1980 1 point c) 1990 2 points

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

The artist Pablo Picasso ..(be) born in: a) Spain b) France c) Italy David Beckham..(get) married to Victoria Adams in: a) 1993 b) 1996 c) 1999 The Bridge over the River Kwai in Kanchanaburi .(become) world famous in: a) The First World War b) The Second World War c) The Vietnam War The English King Henry the Eighth (have): a) Two wives b) Four wives c) Six wives JK Rowling.(write) the first Harry Potter books in: a) Edinburgh, Scotland b) London, England c) New York, USA Bjorn Borg ..(be) famous because he (play): a) Tennis b) Golf c) Football Man..(go) to the moon for the first time in: a) 1959 b) 1969 c) 1979 Before 1900, the people of the Philippines ..(speak): a) Thai b) English c) Spanish John Logie Baird..(invent) the television in: a) USA b) England c) Scotland When Maria Sharapova ..(win) the Wimbledon Final in 2004 she(beat): a) Serena Williams b) Venus Williams c) Lyndsay Davenport

Teachers Answers:

1a. 2c. 3b. 4c. 5a. 6a. 7b. 8c. 9c. 10a

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