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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 243 · 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.Make a sentence: a / Riya / grandmother. / to / her / letter / wrote
  2. 2.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  3. 3.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) makes (b) made (c) make
  4. 4.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) is (b) were (c) was
  5. 5.Make a sentence: on / Diwali / night. / diyas / lit / We
  6. 6.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  7. 7.Did you ___ the film? (a) watched (b) watches (c) watch
  8. 8.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  9. 9.Make a sentence: made / sweets / everyone. / for / Grandmother
  10. 10.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) goes (b) go (c) went
  11. 11.Make a sentence: diyas / Diwali / night. / lit / on / We
  12. 12.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  13. 13.Make a sentence: a / Jaipur. / to / We / train / took
  14. 14.Make a sentence: a / her / grandmother. / letter / Riya / wrote / to
  15. 15.Make a sentence: for / everyone. / made / sweets / Grandmother
  16. 16.🪔 What is this? (a) camera (b) diya (c) temple (d) film
  17. 17.Make a sentence: night. / Diwali / lit / We / diyas / on
  18. 18.Make a sentence: diyas / Diwali / We / lit / on / night.
  19. 19.Make a sentence: We / lit / on / diyas / night. / Diwali
  20. 20.Make a sentence: sweets / Grandmother / everyone. / made / for
  21. 21.🚂 What is this? (a) fireworks (b) picnic (c) train (d) diya
  22. 22.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) play (b) played (c) plays
  23. 23.Make a sentence: We / night. / lit / diyas / on / Diwali
  24. 24.Make a sentence: lit / night. / on / diyas / We / Diwali
  25. 25.I ___ my homework last night. (a) did (b) do (c) does
  26. 26.🛕 What is this? (a) film (b) beach (c) letter (d) temple
  27. 27.Make a sentence: wrote / Riya / grandmother. / letter / her / to / a
  28. 28.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) was (b) are (c) were
  29. 29.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) taken (b) take (c) took
  30. 30.Make a sentence: for / sweets / made / Grandmother / everyone.
  31. 31.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  32. 32.Make a sentence: grandmother. / wrote / letter / to / her / a / Riya
  33. 33.🎬 What is this? (a) letter (b) fireworks (c) sweets (d) film
  34. 34.🏖️ What is this? (a) beach (b) train (c) picnic (d) letter
  35. 35.Make a sentence: night. / lit / We / diyas / Diwali / on
  36. 36.Make a sentence: to / We / train / took / a / Jaipur.
  37. 37.🍬 What is this? (a) fireworks (b) picnic (c) sweets (d) beach
  38. 38.Make a sentence: letter / grandmother. / a / wrote / Riya / her / to
  39. 39.Make a sentence: We / Diwali / lit / on / night. / diyas
  40. 40.Make a sentence: made / for / sweets / everyone. / Grandmother

Answer key

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

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