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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 168 · 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) are (b) were (c) was
  2. 2.Make a sentence: lit / diyas / night. / Diwali / We / on
  3. 3.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  4. 4.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) take (b) taken (c) took
  5. 5.Did you ___ the film? (a) watches (b) watched (c) watch
  6. 6.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) was (b) is (c) were
  7. 7.🏖️ What is this? (a) beach (b) letter (c) diya (d) fireworks
  8. 8.I ___ my homework last night. (a) does (b) do (c) did
  9. 9.Make a sentence: her / grandmother. / letter / wrote / to / a / Riya
  10. 10.🍬 What is this? (a) fireworks (b) sweets (c) beach (d) camera
  11. 11.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) played (b) play (c) plays
  12. 12.Make a sentence: diyas / Diwali / on / We / night. / lit
  13. 13.🧺 What is this? (a) camera (b) fireworks (c) beach (d) picnic
  14. 14.Make a sentence: sweets / for / Grandmother / everyone. / made
  15. 15.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  16. 16.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  17. 17.✉️ What is this? (a) train (b) sweets (c) letter (d) fireworks
  18. 18.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  19. 19.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.
  20. 20.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) went (b) go (c) goes
  21. 21.Make a sentence: night. / diyas / on / lit / We / Diwali
  22. 22.Make a sentence: night. / on / We / Diwali / lit / diyas
  23. 23.Make a sentence: for / Grandmother / everyone. / sweets / made
  24. 24.Make a sentence: We / diyas / on / Diwali / lit / night.
  25. 25.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  26. 26.Make a sentence: wrote / to / her / a / grandmother. / Riya / letter
  27. 27.Make a sentence: for / sweets / everyone. / Grandmother / made
  28. 28.Make a sentence: made / Grandmother / for / everyone. / sweets
  29. 29.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) makes (b) make (c) made
  30. 30.Make a sentence: Diwali / We / night. / lit / on / diyas
  31. 31.Make a sentence: a / took / We / train / to / Jaipur.
  32. 32.Make a sentence: sweets / Grandmother / made / everyone. / for
  33. 33.Make a sentence: made / everyone. / sweets / Grandmother / for
  34. 34.Make a sentence: Diwali / diyas / on / lit / night. / We
  35. 35.Make a sentence: for / sweets / Grandmother / made / everyone.
  36. 36.🎆 What is this? (a) beach (b) diya (c) picnic (d) fireworks
  37. 37.Make a sentence: a / took / train / to / Jaipur. / We
  38. 38.Make a sentence: took / to / Jaipur. / a / train / We
  39. 39.Make a sentence: diyas / lit / Diwali / on / We / night.
  40. 40.Make a sentence: Diwali / night. / diyas / on / lit / We

Answer key

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

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