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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 140 · 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) fireworks (b) beach (c) sweets (d) picnic
  2. 2.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) is (b) were (c) was
  3. 3.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) goes (b) went (c) go
  4. 4.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  5. 5.🪔 What is this? (a) sweets (b) camera (c) diya (d) letter
  6. 6.Make a sentence: everyone. / for / sweets / made / Grandmother
  7. 7.Make a sentence: on / Diwali / lit / night. / We / diyas
  8. 8.🍬 What is this? (a) picnic (b) sweets (c) letter (d) train
  9. 9.I ___ my homework last night. (a) does (b) did (c) do
  10. 10.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) makes (b) made (c) make
  11. 11.Make a sentence: made / for / everyone. / sweets / Grandmother
  12. 12.Did you ___ the film? (a) watch (b) watched (c) watches
  13. 13.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  14. 14.Make a sentence: for / everyone. / Grandmother / made / sweets
  15. 15.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) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  16. 16.🚂 What is this? (a) letter (b) beach (c) train (d) picnic
  17. 17.🏖️ What is this? (a) film (b) temple (c) fireworks (d) beach
  18. 18.Make a sentence: sweets / Grandmother / made / for / everyone.
  19. 19.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.
  20. 20.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) taken (b) take (c) took
  21. 21.Make a sentence: lit / diyas / Diwali / We / night. / on
  22. 22.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  23. 23.Make a sentence: her / wrote / to / letter / a / grandmother. / Riya
  24. 24.🧺 What is this? (a) letter (b) picnic (c) fireworks (d) train
  25. 25.Make a sentence: made / for / everyone. / Grandmother / sweets
  26. 26.Make a sentence: on / lit / We / night. / diyas / Diwali
  27. 27.Make a sentence: night. / We / lit / on / Diwali / diyas
  28. 28.Make a sentence: to / a / letter / grandmother. / wrote / Riya / her
  29. 29.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  30. 30.Make a sentence: on / We / night. / Diwali / lit / diyas
  31. 31.Make a sentence: lit / We / night. / diyas / on / Diwali
  32. 32.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) played (b) play (c) plays
  33. 33.Make a sentence: to / Jaipur. / train / We / a / took
  34. 34.Make a sentence: night. / on / We / Diwali / diyas / lit
  35. 35.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) was (b) are (c) were
  36. 36.✉️ What is this? (a) letter (b) temple (c) picnic (d) train
  37. 37.Make a sentence: made / Grandmother / for / everyone. / sweets
  38. 38.Make a sentence: night. / We / on / Diwali / lit / diyas
  39. 39.Make a sentence: her / grandmother. / letter / wrote / Riya / to / a
  40. 40.Make a sentence: on / lit / Diwali / We / night. / diyas

Answer key

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

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