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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

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

Answer key

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

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