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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 105 · 40 questions
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Speaking tips (Grammar point): Most actions add -ed: play → played, watch → watched. Some are special — learn them: go → went, do → did, make → made, take → took, eat → ate. After “did” use the simple word: “Did you watch the film?” (not “watched”).

NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
  1. 1.Make a sentence: Riya / a / to / letter / wrote / her / grandmother.
  2. 2.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) was (b) were (c) is
  3. 3.Make a sentence: Diwali / We / diyas / on / night. / lit
  4. 4.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) play (b) played (c) plays
  5. 5.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) were (b) are (c) was
  6. 6.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  7. 7.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  8. 8.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  9. 9.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) went (b) goes (c) go
  10. 10.Did you ___ the film? (a) watch (b) watches (c) watched
  11. 11.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) makes (b) made (c) make
  12. 12.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) took (b) taken (c) take
  13. 13.Make a sentence: sweets / for / Grandmother / made / everyone.
  14. 14.Make a sentence: night. / Diwali / lit / diyas / We / on
  15. 15.I ___ my homework last night. (a) do (b) did (c) does
  16. 16.🍬 What is this? (a) camera (b) fireworks (c) sweets (d) temple
  17. 17.✉️ What is this? (a) temple (b) camera (c) film (d) letter
  18. 18.Make a sentence: Grandmother / made / for / everyone. / sweets
  19. 19.Make a sentence: for / sweets / everyone. / Grandmother / made
  20. 20.Make a sentence: for / everyone. / sweets / made / Grandmother
  21. 21.Make a sentence: on / night. / lit / diyas / Diwali / We
  22. 22.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / to / took / We / a / train
  23. 23.🧺 What is this? (a) train (b) diya (c) temple (d) picnic
  24. 24.Make a sentence: Diwali / night. / diyas / on / lit / We
  25. 25.🪔 What is this? (a) letter (b) beach (c) picnic (d) diya
  26. 26.Make a sentence: Riya / to / grandmother. / a / letter / her / wrote
  27. 27.Make a sentence: letter / wrote / grandmother. / to / Riya / her / a
  28. 28.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  29. 29.🚂 What is this? (a) film (b) train (c) camera (d) sweets
  30. 30.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  31. 31.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / We / to / train / took / a
  32. 32.Make a sentence: her / to / letter / wrote / Riya / a / grandmother.
  33. 33.Make a sentence: for / everyone. / made / Grandmother / sweets
  34. 34.🏖️ What is this? (a) train (b) beach (c) fireworks (d) picnic
  35. 35.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  36. 36.📷 What is this? (a) camera (b) diya (c) fireworks (d) picnic
  37. 37.Make a sentence: everyone. / sweets / Grandmother / made / for
  38. 38.Make a sentence: letter / Riya / a / wrote / her / grandmother. / to
  39. 39.Make a sentence: on / lit / night. / diyas / We / Diwali
  40. 40.Make a sentence: diyas / Diwali / on / lit / night. / We

Answer key

  1. Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  2. was
  3. We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  4. played
  5. were
  6. Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  7. We took a train to Jaipur.
  8. Last week, we went to the beach.
  9. went
  10. watch
  11. made
  12. took
  13. Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  14. We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  15. did
  16. sweets
  17. letter
  18. Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  19. Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  20. Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  21. We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  22. We took a train to Jaipur.
  23. picnic
  24. We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  25. diya
  26. Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  27. Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  28. We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  29. train
  30. Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  31. We took a train to Jaipur.
  32. Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  33. Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  34. beach
  35. Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  36. camera
  37. Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  38. Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  39. We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  40. We lit diyas on Diwali night.

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