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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 245 · 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.I ___ my homework last night. (a) does (b) did (c) do
  2. 2.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) plays (b) played (c) play
  3. 3.Did you ___ the film? (a) watch (b) watched (c) watches
  4. 4.Make a sentence: a / train / to / took / Jaipur. / We
  5. 5.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  6. 6.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) goes (b) went (c) go
  7. 7.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  8. 8.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) were (b) was (c) is
  9. 9.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) made (b) makes (c) make
  10. 10.Make a sentence: her / letter / Riya / to / grandmother. / a / wrote
  11. 11.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.
  12. 12.Make a sentence: diyas / Diwali / on / lit / night. / We
  13. 13.🍬 What is this? (a) train (b) sweets (c) diya (d) letter
  14. 14.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) taken (b) take (c) took
  15. 15.🛕 What is this? (a) temple (b) camera (c) film (d) fireworks
  16. 16.📷 What is this? (a) camera (b) diya (c) fireworks (d) sweets
  17. 17.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  18. 18.Make a sentence: Riya / letter / grandmother. / a / wrote / to / her
  19. 19.Make a sentence: wrote / grandmother. / her / Riya / a / to / letter
  20. 20.Make a sentence: lit / night. / Diwali / on / diyas / We
  21. 21.Make a sentence: for / everyone. / sweets / made / Grandmother
  22. 22.🧺 What is this? (a) letter (b) picnic (c) fireworks (d) train
  23. 23.Make a sentence: grandmother. / wrote / to / Riya / her / a / letter
  24. 24.Make a sentence: lit / diyas / on / night. / Diwali / We
  25. 25.Make a sentence: Riya / wrote / her / a / letter / to / grandmother.
  26. 26.Make a sentence: for / sweets / made / Grandmother / everyone.
  27. 27.🎆 What is this? (a) train (b) fireworks (c) beach (d) temple
  28. 28.Make a sentence: on / night. / lit / Diwali / We / diyas
  29. 29.🎬 What is this? (a) beach (b) train (c) film (d) camera
  30. 30.Make a sentence: for / everyone. / made / sweets / Grandmother
  31. 31.Make a sentence: Diwali / diyas / We / on / night. / lit
  32. 32.🪔 What is this? (a) letter (b) diya (c) train (d) camera
  33. 33.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.
  34. 34.Make a sentence: a / to / took / train / Jaipur. / We
  35. 35.Make a sentence: a / to / train / Jaipur. / took / We
  36. 36.Make a sentence: grandmother. / a / letter / her / to / wrote / Riya
  37. 37.🏖️ What is this? (a) fireworks (b) sweets (c) beach (d) train
  38. 38.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) was (b) are (c) were
  39. 39.Make a sentence: sweets / for / everyone. / made / Grandmother
  40. 40.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.

Answer key

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

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