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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 172 · 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 ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) take (b) taken (c) took
  2. 2.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  3. 3.🛕 What is this? (a) beach (b) diya (c) picnic (d) temple
  4. 4.Make a sentence: diyas / on / lit / night. / We / Diwali
  5. 5.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  6. 6.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) makes (b) make (c) made
  7. 7.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  8. 8.I ___ my homework last night. (a) did (b) does (c) do
  9. 9.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) play (b) plays (c) played
  10. 10.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) is (b) were (c) was
  11. 11.Make a sentence: for / everyone. / Grandmother / made / sweets
  12. 12.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) go (b) went (c) goes
  13. 13.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) was (b) were (c) are
  14. 14.✉️ What is this? (a) fireworks (b) temple (c) picnic (d) letter
  15. 15.Make a sentence: to / Jaipur. / took / a / We / train
  16. 16.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / to / a / train / We / took
  17. 17.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / We / a / train / took / to
  18. 18.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  19. 19.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  20. 20.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  21. 21.🍬 What is this? (a) beach (b) sweets (c) film (d) temple
  22. 22.🏖️ What is this? (a) train (b) sweets (c) film (d) beach
  23. 23.🚂 What is this? (a) train (b) letter (c) sweets (d) diya
  24. 24.Make a sentence: for / Grandmother / sweets / everyone. / made
  25. 25.🎬 What is this? (a) sweets (b) beach (c) letter (d) film
  26. 26.Make a sentence: Diwali / We / night. / on / diyas / lit
  27. 27.📷 What is this? (a) temple (b) beach (c) camera (d) picnic
  28. 28.Make a sentence: wrote / grandmother. / Riya / letter / to / a / her
  29. 29.Make a sentence: for / sweets / everyone. / made / Grandmother
  30. 30.Make a sentence: letter / her / Riya / wrote / grandmother. / to / a
  31. 31.Make a sentence: diyas / Diwali / on / night. / We / lit
  32. 32.🪔 What is this? (a) picnic (b) fireworks (c) temple (d) diya
  33. 33.Make a sentence: took / a / Jaipur. / train / We / to
  34. 34.Make a sentence: for / Grandmother / everyone. / sweets / made
  35. 35.Make a sentence: a / took / to / train / Jaipur. / We
  36. 36.Make a sentence: We / diyas / lit / on / night. / Diwali
  37. 37.Make a sentence: her / Riya / grandmother. / wrote / to / a / letter
  38. 38.Make a sentence: to / a / Riya / letter / wrote / her / grandmother.
  39. 39.Make a sentence: made / Grandmother / sweets / for / everyone.
  40. 40.Did you ___ the film? (a) watched (b) watch (c) watches

Answer key

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

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