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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

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

Answer key

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

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