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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 301 · 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.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) played (b) play (c) plays
  2. 2.I ___ my homework last night. (a) did (b) does (c) do
  3. 3.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) was (b) were (c) is
  4. 4.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) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  5. 5.Make a sentence: lit / night. / We / diyas / on / Diwali
  6. 6.Make a sentence: to / We / train / Jaipur. / a / took
  7. 7.Make a sentence: a / Jaipur. / train / took / We / to
  8. 8.Make a sentence: a / letter / Riya / to / grandmother. / her / wrote
  9. 9.Make a sentence: a / her / grandmother. / to / letter / Riya / wrote
  10. 10.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  11. 11.Make a sentence: night. / Diwali / lit / diyas / on / We
  12. 12.🎬 What is this? (a) letter (b) temple (c) film (d) beach
  13. 13.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) go (b) goes (c) went
  14. 14.🛕 What is this? (a) picnic (b) beach (c) train (d) temple
  15. 15.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) are (b) was (c) were
  16. 16.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  17. 17.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) make (b) made (c) makes
  18. 18.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) take (b) took (c) taken
  19. 19.Make a sentence: We / Jaipur. / to / took / train / a
  20. 20.Make a sentence: took / to / a / train / We / Jaipur.
  21. 21.Make a sentence: for / sweets / made / Grandmother / everyone.
  22. 22.🎆 What is this? (a) letter (b) picnic (c) fireworks (d) beach
  23. 23.Make a sentence: to / a / took / train / Jaipur. / We
  24. 24.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / train / to / took / We / a
  25. 25.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) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  26. 26.Make a sentence: Grandmother / sweets / everyone. / for / made
  27. 27.Make a sentence: a / to / took / Jaipur. / We / train
  28. 28.Make a sentence: diyas / We / night. / on / Diwali / lit
  29. 29.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  30. 30.🪔 What is this? (a) diya (b) picnic (c) camera (d) letter
  31. 31.Did you ___ the film? (a) watches (b) watched (c) watch
  32. 32.Make a sentence: a / her / Riya / wrote / to / letter / grandmother.
  33. 33.🍬 What is this? (a) fireworks (b) sweets (c) beach (d) diya
  34. 34.Make a sentence: night. / diyas / on / We / lit / Diwali
  35. 35.Make a sentence: took / train / We / a / to / Jaipur.
  36. 36.Make a sentence: lit / diyas / night. / We / Diwali / on
  37. 37.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  38. 38.Make a sentence: for / sweets / everyone. / made / Grandmother
  39. 39.🚂 What is this? (a) beach (b) picnic (c) letter (d) train
  40. 40.Make a sentence: wrote / her / grandmother. / Riya / a / to / letter

Answer key

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

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