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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 159 · 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) play (c) played
  2. 2.Make a sentence: everyone. / for / sweets / Grandmother / made
  3. 3.I ___ my homework last night. (a) do (b) does (c) did
  4. 4.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  5. 5.🪔 What is this? (a) train (b) sweets (c) picnic (d) diya
  6. 6.Did you ___ the film? (a) watched (b) watch (c) watches
  7. 7.Make a sentence: Diwali / on / night. / diyas / We / lit
  8. 8.🚂 What is this? (a) fireworks (b) picnic (c) train (d) sweets
  9. 9.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  10. 10.🏖️ What is this? (a) beach (b) letter (c) temple (d) train
  11. 11.Make a sentence: her / to / letter / a / grandmother. / Riya / wrote
  12. 12.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) made (b) makes (c) make
  13. 13.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  14. 14.Make a sentence: lit / diyas / We / Diwali / on / night.
  15. 15.Make a sentence: diyas / on / Diwali / We / night. / lit
  16. 16.Make a sentence: on / Diwali / lit / diyas / night. / We
  17. 17.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) go (b) goes (c) went
  18. 18.Make a sentence: letter / her / to / Riya / a / grandmother. / wrote
  19. 19.Make a sentence: We / to / train / Jaipur. / took / a
  20. 20.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) were (b) are (c) was
  21. 21.Make a sentence: train / took / Jaipur. / We / a / to
  22. 22.Make a sentence: diyas / lit / on / Diwali / We / night.
  23. 23.🛕 What is this? (a) temple (b) diya (c) film (d) beach
  24. 24.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  25. 25.Make a sentence: on / Diwali / lit / night. / We / diyas
  26. 26.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  27. 27.🍬 What is this? (a) train (b) sweets (c) beach (d) camera
  28. 28.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  29. 29.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) were (b) was (c) is
  30. 30.Make a sentence: a / wrote / grandmother. / Riya / letter / her / to
  31. 31.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / a / to / took / We / train
  32. 32.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / took / to / train / a / We
  33. 33.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) take (b) taken (c) took
  34. 34.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) go (b) went (c) goes
  35. 35.Make a sentence: a / letter / her / to / wrote / Riya / grandmother.
  36. 36.Make a sentence: diyas / Diwali / lit / We / night. / on
  37. 37.Make a sentence: to / her / wrote / a / letter / grandmother. / Riya
  38. 38.Make a sentence: train / a / We / to / took / Jaipur.
  39. 39.✉️ What is this? (a) train (b) picnic (c) letter (d) beach
  40. 40.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) went (b) go (c) goes

Answer key

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

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