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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 135 · 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.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) was (b) are (c) were
  2. 2.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  3. 3.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  4. 4.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  5. 5.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.
  6. 6.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) makes (b) make (c) made
  7. 7.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) plays (b) played (c) play
  8. 8.Make a sentence: made / everyone. / Grandmother / for / sweets
  9. 9.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  10. 10.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) is (b) were (c) was
  11. 11.Make a sentence: Riya / a / to / letter / her / wrote / grandmother.
  12. 12.Did you ___ the film? (a) watch (b) watches (c) watched
  13. 13.I ___ my homework last night. (a) did (b) do (c) does
  14. 14.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) went (b) go (c) goes
  15. 15.🚂 What is this? (a) letter (b) sweets (c) train (d) diya
  16. 16.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) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  17. 17.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) took (b) taken (c) take
  18. 18.Make a sentence: everyone. / for / Grandmother / made / sweets
  19. 19.Make a sentence: took / Jaipur. / a / We / to / train
  20. 20.🧺 What is this? (a) temple (b) picnic (c) camera (d) beach
  21. 21.🛕 What is this? (a) camera (b) temple (c) sweets (d) train
  22. 22.Make a sentence: for / made / Grandmother / everyone. / sweets
  23. 23.Make a sentence: wrote / grandmother. / a / her / letter / Riya / to
  24. 24.Make a sentence: to / Riya / a / her / letter / grandmother. / wrote
  25. 25.🍬 What is this? (a) temple (b) beach (c) picnic (d) sweets
  26. 26.Make a sentence: a / to / grandmother. / her / wrote / Riya / letter
  27. 27.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / to / a / took / train / We
  28. 28.Make a sentence: everyone. / sweets / made / for / Grandmother
  29. 29.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / train / took / We / a / to
  30. 30.Make a sentence: took / a / We / Jaipur. / to / train
  31. 31.Make a sentence: everyone. / made / Grandmother / for / sweets
  32. 32.Make a sentence: We / diyas / Diwali / on / lit / night.
  33. 33.🎬 What is this? (a) fireworks (b) film (c) sweets (d) beach
  34. 34.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / took / We / a / train / to
  35. 35.Make a sentence: everyone. / sweets / Grandmother / made / for
  36. 36.🪔 What is this? (a) sweets (b) film (c) letter (d) diya
  37. 37.Make a sentence: wrote / to / letter / her / a / grandmother. / Riya
  38. 38.✉️ What is this? (a) letter (b) picnic (c) temple (d) diya
  39. 39.Make a sentence: We / diyas / Diwali / on / night. / lit
  40. 40.Make a sentence: sweets / everyone. / for / Grandmother / made

Answer key

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

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