Drain the gas tank. Replace the fuel filter or add one to the line if it does not have one. Might as well replace fuel line with new clear fuel line also.
Clean and gap the spark plug. While it's out, connect the plug onto the plug wire and lay the tip of the plug on a metallic part of the engine. Crank the engine over and look for spark at the plug. Orange spark means weak coil or bad plug, blue is perfect. No spark at all could be a few things, but I'd replace the plug only first with a brand new one.
Also, I'd spray some wd40 into the spark plug hole to help lube up the piston rings after sitting for a while. Do this before the spark check engine cranking test above.
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