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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 246 · 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: Riya / letter / a / grandmother. / her / to / wrote
  2. 2.Make a sentence: to / her / Riya / grandmother. / letter / wrote / a
  3. 3.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) is (b) were (c) was
  4. 4.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  5. 5.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  6. 6.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) play (b) plays (c) played
  7. 7.Make a sentence: to / Riya / grandmother. / her / letter / wrote / a
  8. 8.🏖️ What is this? (a) fireworks (b) picnic (c) train (d) beach
  9. 9.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) makes (b) made (c) make
  10. 10.Make a sentence: We / train / a / took / Jaipur. / to
  11. 11.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) took (b) take (c) taken
  12. 12.Did you ___ the film? (a) watch (b) watched (c) watches
  13. 13.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) go (b) went (c) goes
  14. 14.Make a sentence: diyas / on / Diwali / night. / lit / We
  15. 15.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  16. 16.Make a sentence: diyas / We / Diwali / night. / lit / on
  17. 17.🚂 What is this? (a) temple (b) train (c) diya (d) picnic
  18. 18.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) was (b) are (c) were
  19. 19.Make a sentence: everyone. / made / for / sweets / Grandmother
  20. 20.I ___ my homework last night. (a) does (b) did (c) do
  21. 21.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  22. 22.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  23. 23.Make a sentence: everyone. / sweets / for / made / Grandmother
  24. 24.Make a sentence: made / Grandmother / for / sweets / everyone.
  25. 25.✉️ What is this? (a) film (b) camera (c) train (d) letter
  26. 26.Make a sentence: for / made / Grandmother / everyone. / sweets
  27. 27.Make a sentence: on / Diwali / lit / night. / diyas / We
  28. 28.Make a sentence: to / Jaipur. / We / a / train / took
  29. 29.Make a sentence: Grandmother / for / made / sweets / everyone.
  30. 30.Make a sentence: Diwali / on / night. / lit / diyas / We
  31. 31.Make a sentence: Diwali / on / night. / diyas / lit / We
  32. 32.Make a sentence: on / diyas / lit / night. / Diwali / We
  33. 33.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / took / to / a / We / train
  34. 34.Make a sentence: Diwali / on / diyas / We / lit / night.
  35. 35.Make a sentence: Diwali / night. / lit / diyas / on / We
  36. 36.🪔 What is this? (a) picnic (b) letter (c) diya (d) temple
  37. 37.Make a sentence: to / train / We / a / took / Jaipur.
  38. 38.Make a sentence: diyas / lit / We / on / Diwali / night.
  39. 39.Make a sentence: a / wrote / grandmother. / Riya / letter / her / to
  40. 40.Make a sentence: made / Grandmother / sweets / for / everyone.

Answer key

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

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