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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 138 · 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.🏖️ What is this? (a) film (b) fireworks (c) beach (d) temple
  2. 2.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) are (b) was (c) were
  3. 3.🛕 What is this? (a) temple (b) beach (c) film (d) picnic
  4. 4.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  5. 5.Make a sentence: a / grandmother. / to / Riya / her / wrote / letter
  6. 6.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) took (b) taken (c) take
  7. 7.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  8. 8.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  9. 9.Make a sentence: a / took / We / to / Jaipur. / train
  10. 10.Make a sentence: a / letter / grandmother. / Riya / her / wrote / to
  11. 11.Make a sentence: to / a / Jaipur. / took / We / train
  12. 12.🚂 What is this? (a) sweets (b) train (c) letter (d) fireworks
  13. 13.Did you ___ the film? (a) watch (b) watched (c) watches
  14. 14.Make a sentence: train / to / We / Jaipur. / a / took
  15. 15.🍬 What is this? (a) train (b) temple (c) film (d) sweets
  16. 16.Make a sentence: made / everyone. / for / Grandmother / sweets
  17. 17.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / a / We / to / train / took
  18. 18.Make a sentence: her / letter / Riya / wrote / to / grandmother. / a
  19. 19.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) go (b) goes (c) went
  20. 20.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  21. 21.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  22. 22.Make a sentence: train / We / took / to / Jaipur. / a
  23. 23.Make a sentence: everyone. / sweets / for / made / Grandmother
  24. 24.Make a sentence: wrote / letter / grandmother. / a / her / Riya / to
  25. 25.📷 What is this? (a) camera (b) fireworks (c) train (d) letter
  26. 26.Make a sentence: a / to / Jaipur. / took / We / train
  27. 27.Make a sentence: night. / We / on / Diwali / lit / diyas
  28. 28.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) plays (b) play (c) played
  29. 29.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) was (b) is (c) were
  30. 30.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) makes (b) made (c) make
  31. 31.Make a sentence: diyas / We / night. / on / Diwali / lit
  32. 32.Make a sentence: letter / wrote / a / to / grandmother. / Riya / her
  33. 33.Make a sentence: a / wrote / her / Riya / grandmother. / letter / to
  34. 34.I ___ my homework last night. (a) do (b) does (c) did
  35. 35.Make a sentence: train / a / We / to / took / Jaipur.
  36. 36.✉️ What is this? (a) diya (b) beach (c) film (d) letter
  37. 37.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  38. 38.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / to / a / train / took / We
  39. 39.Make a sentence: night. / lit / Diwali / diyas / We / on
  40. 40.Make a sentence: a / to / Riya / her / letter / grandmother. / wrote

Answer key

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

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