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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 154 · 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) plays (b) played (c) play
  2. 2.Did you ___ the film? (a) watches (b) watch (c) watched
  3. 3.Make a sentence: a / Riya / wrote / to / letter / her / grandmother.
  4. 4.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) made (b) make (c) makes
  5. 5.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) is (b) was (c) were
  6. 6.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) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  7. 7.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  8. 8.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) goes (b) go (c) went
  9. 9.Make a sentence: We / diyas / Diwali / lit / on / night.
  10. 10.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  11. 11.Make a sentence: took / a / train / We / Jaipur. / to
  12. 12.🧺 What is this? (a) fireworks (b) picnic (c) sweets (d) train
  13. 13.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) take (b) took (c) taken
  14. 14.🎆 What is this? (a) fireworks (b) diya (c) beach (d) camera
  15. 15.Make a sentence: grandmother. / her / wrote / letter / Riya / a / to
  16. 16.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  17. 17.I ___ my homework last night. (a) does (b) do (c) did
  18. 18.🛕 What is this? (a) temple (b) letter (c) diya (d) sweets
  19. 19.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) was (b) are (c) were
  20. 20.Make a sentence: We / Jaipur. / a / to / took / train
  21. 21.Make a sentence: Diwali / night. / lit / on / We / diyas
  22. 22.🎬 What is this? (a) picnic (b) diya (c) camera (d) film
  23. 23.Make a sentence: a / We / train / to / Jaipur. / took
  24. 24.🍬 What is this? (a) beach (b) camera (c) train (d) sweets
  25. 25.Make a sentence: diyas / Diwali / We / on / night. / lit
  26. 26.🪔 What is this? (a) letter (b) sweets (c) diya (d) beach
  27. 27.Make a sentence: letter / wrote / Riya / her / grandmother. / to / a
  28. 28.Make a sentence: We / on / night. / Diwali / diyas / lit
  29. 29.Make a sentence: lit / Diwali / diyas / on / night. / We
  30. 30.Make a sentence: a / letter / her / wrote / grandmother. / to / Riya
  31. 31.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  32. 32.Make a sentence: lit / night. / diyas / Diwali / on / We
  33. 33.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / to / took / train / a / We
  34. 34.Make a sentence: took / Jaipur. / We / train / a / to
  35. 35.🚂 What is this? (a) temple (b) train (c) letter (d) beach
  36. 36.Make a sentence: diyas / on / lit / Diwali / We / night.
  37. 37.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  38. 38.Make a sentence: lit / night. / on / We / Diwali / diyas
  39. 39.Make a sentence: diyas / We / on / Diwali / night. / lit
  40. 40.Make a sentence: to / a / train / We / Jaipur. / took

Answer key

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

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