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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

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

Answer key

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

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