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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

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

Answer key

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

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