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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 240 · 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.🚂 What is this? (a) fireworks (b) sweets (c) picnic (d) train
  2. 2.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) plays (b) play (c) played
  3. 3.Make a sentence: grandmother. / letter / Riya / her / a / to / wrote
  4. 4.Make a sentence: everyone. / for / sweets / Grandmother / made
  5. 5.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) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  6. 6.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  7. 7.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) go (b) goes (c) went
  8. 8.Did you ___ the film? (a) watched (b) watch (c) watches
  9. 9.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  10. 10.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) taken (b) take (c) took
  11. 11.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  12. 12.I ___ my homework last night. (a) do (b) did (c) does
  13. 13.Make a sentence: diyas / lit / We / Diwali / on / night.
  14. 14.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) make (b) made (c) makes
  15. 15.Make a sentence: everyone. / sweets / for / Grandmother / made
  16. 16.✉️ What is this? (a) temple (b) diya (c) letter (d) sweets
  17. 17.🏖️ What is this? (a) camera (b) sweets (c) beach (d) temple
  18. 18.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) is (b) was (c) were
  19. 19.🎆 What is this? (a) fireworks (b) train (c) letter (d) diya
  20. 20.Make a sentence: on / lit / night. / Diwali / diyas / We
  21. 21.🪔 What is this? (a) fireworks (b) diya (c) temple (d) picnic
  22. 22.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  23. 23.Make a sentence: night. / lit / on / Diwali / We / diyas
  24. 24.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) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  25. 25.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) are (b) was (c) were
  26. 26.Make a sentence: We / Jaipur. / took / train / to / a
  27. 27.Make a sentence: took / We / train / Jaipur. / to / a
  28. 28.Make a sentence: diyas / on / night. / lit / We / Diwali
  29. 29.Make a sentence: for / sweets / Grandmother / everyone. / made
  30. 30.Make a sentence: night. / on / We / lit / Diwali / diyas
  31. 31.Make a sentence: a / grandmother. / her / letter / to / wrote / Riya
  32. 32.Make a sentence: Grandmother / everyone. / made / sweets / for
  33. 33.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / to / train / took / a / We
  34. 34.Make a sentence: diyas / night. / We / on / Diwali / lit
  35. 35.Make a sentence: to / took / a / train / We / Jaipur.
  36. 36.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / to / train / We / took / a
  37. 37.Make a sentence: on / night. / lit / We / diyas / Diwali
  38. 38.Make a sentence: We / took / train / Jaipur. / a / to
  39. 39.Make a sentence: for / everyone. / sweets / made / Grandmother
  40. 40.Make a sentence: everyone. / for / made / sweets / Grandmother

Answer key

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

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