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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 121 · 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.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) play (b) plays (c) played
  2. 2.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) went (b) goes (c) go
  3. 3.I ___ my homework last night. (a) do (b) does (c) did
  4. 4.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) were (b) is (c) was
  5. 5.🎆 What is this? (a) picnic (b) sweets (c) fireworks (d) camera
  6. 6.Make a sentence: her / letter / a / to / wrote / grandmother. / Riya
  7. 7.Make a sentence: sweets / for / Grandmother / everyone. / made
  8. 8.🪔 What is this? (a) train (b) camera (c) film (d) diya
  9. 9.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  10. 10.🎬 What is this? (a) film (b) fireworks (c) temple (d) sweets
  11. 11.🏖️ What is this? (a) picnic (b) temple (c) fireworks (d) beach
  12. 12.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) are (b) were (c) was
  13. 13.Did you ___ the film? (a) watched (b) watches (c) watch
  14. 14.Make a sentence: diyas / lit / night. / We / Diwali / on
  15. 15.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  16. 16.Make a sentence: a / Jaipur. / We / to / train / took
  17. 17.✉️ What is this? (a) camera (b) sweets (c) letter (d) beach
  18. 18.Make a sentence: her / grandmother. / wrote / to / a / Riya / letter
  19. 19.Make a sentence: on / Diwali / We / diyas / lit / night.
  20. 20.Make a sentence: night. / diyas / We / on / lit / Diwali
  21. 21.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / We / to / a / train / took
  22. 22.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) take (b) took (c) taken
  23. 23.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  24. 24.Make a sentence: lit / on / diyas / night. / We / Diwali
  25. 25.Make a sentence: night. / Diwali / lit / We / diyas / on
  26. 26.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) make (b) made (c) makes
  27. 27.Make a sentence: diyas / lit / Diwali / on / night. / We
  28. 28.Make a sentence: night. / Diwali / We / lit / on / diyas
  29. 29.🛕 What is this? (a) beach (b) temple (c) picnic (d) film
  30. 30.🧺 What is this? (a) fireworks (b) temple (c) picnic (d) letter
  31. 31.Make a sentence: diyas / We / on / Diwali / night. / lit
  32. 32.Make a sentence: to / letter / Riya / grandmother. / a / her / wrote
  33. 33.Make a sentence: made / everyone. / Grandmother / for / sweets
  34. 34.Make a sentence: for / made / everyone. / sweets / Grandmother
  35. 35.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  36. 36.Make a sentence: to / grandmother. / wrote / letter / a / her / Riya
  37. 37.Make a sentence: for / everyone. / Grandmother / sweets / made
  38. 38.Make a sentence: made / for / everyone. / Grandmother / sweets
  39. 39.Make a sentence: everyone. / for / sweets / Grandmother / made
  40. 40.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.

Answer key

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

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