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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 177 · 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) was (b) were (c) are
  2. 2.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) plays (b) played (c) play
  3. 3.Make a sentence: letter / a / grandmother. / Riya / her / to / wrote
  4. 4.Did you ___ the film? (a) watches (b) watch (c) watched
  5. 5.Make a sentence: on / lit / Diwali / We / diyas / night.
  6. 6.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  7. 7.Make a sentence: everyone. / sweets / for / made / Grandmother
  8. 8.Make a sentence: sweets / for / everyone. / Grandmother / made
  9. 9.Make a sentence: for / made / Grandmother / sweets / everyone.
  10. 10.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  11. 11.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  12. 12.✉️ What is this? (a) film (b) train (c) temple (d) letter
  13. 13.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  14. 14.🎬 What is this? (a) beach (b) sweets (c) film (d) letter
  15. 15.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) go (b) went (c) goes
  16. 16.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) take (b) taken (c) took
  17. 17.Make a sentence: to / train / We / a / Jaipur. / took
  18. 18.Make a sentence: to / Riya / letter / grandmother. / her / a / wrote
  19. 19.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) makes (b) make (c) made
  20. 20.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  21. 21.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  22. 22.I ___ my homework last night. (a) do (b) does (c) did
  23. 23.Make a sentence: lit / Diwali / on / night. / We / diyas
  24. 24.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) were (b) was (c) is
  25. 25.Make a sentence: night. / Diwali / lit / on / We / diyas
  26. 26.Make a sentence: letter / her / a / wrote / Riya / to / grandmother.
  27. 27.Make a sentence: letter / Riya / to / a / her / grandmother. / wrote
  28. 28.Make a sentence: to / Jaipur. / We / train / took / a
  29. 29.Make a sentence: letter / to / her / a / Riya / wrote / grandmother.
  30. 30.Make a sentence: for / sweets / made / everyone. / Grandmother
  31. 31.Make a sentence: wrote / a / Riya / to / her / letter / grandmother.
  32. 32.Make a sentence: to / took / train / a / We / Jaipur.
  33. 33.Make a sentence: to / took / We / train / Jaipur. / a
  34. 34.Make a sentence: everyone. / sweets / Grandmother / made / for
  35. 35.🧺 What is this? (a) train (b) picnic (c) beach (d) fireworks
  36. 36.Make a sentence: train / Jaipur. / to / took / We / a
  37. 37.📷 What is this? (a) letter (b) sweets (c) camera (d) train
  38. 38.Make a sentence: made / for / Grandmother / sweets / everyone.
  39. 39.Make a sentence: for / made / Grandmother / everyone. / sweets
  40. 40.Make a sentence: to / train / We / Jaipur. / took / a

Answer key

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

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