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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 314 · 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.🏖️ What is this? (a) letter (b) train (c) beach (d) temple
  2. 2.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) play (b) played (c) plays
  3. 3.🚂 What is this? (a) picnic (b) diya (c) train (d) sweets
  4. 4.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  5. 5.Did you ___ the film? (a) watched (b) watch (c) watches
  6. 6.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) were (b) is (c) was
  7. 7.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  8. 8.Make a sentence: on / night. / We / Diwali / diyas / lit
  9. 9.Make a sentence: made / for / Grandmother / everyone. / sweets
  10. 10.Make a sentence: took / Jaipur. / We / train / a / to
  11. 11.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) are (b) was (c) were
  12. 12.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) taken (b) took (c) take
  13. 13.Make a sentence: train / We / a / Jaipur. / to / took
  14. 14.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) made (b) makes (c) make
  15. 15.Make a sentence: diyas / lit / night. / on / We / Diwali
  16. 16.I ___ my homework last night. (a) did (b) do (c) does
  17. 17.Make a sentence: Riya / wrote / to / a / letter / her / grandmother.
  18. 18.Make a sentence: to / wrote / grandmother. / her / a / letter / Riya
  19. 19.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  20. 20.Make a sentence: Diwali / lit / on / night. / diyas / We
  21. 21.Make a sentence: diyas / night. / Diwali / on / We / lit
  22. 22.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) went (b) goes (c) go
  23. 23.✉️ What is this? (a) train (b) diya (c) picnic (d) letter
  24. 24.🧺 What is this? (a) picnic (b) camera (c) train (d) diya
  25. 25.Make a sentence: We / took / Jaipur. / a / to / train
  26. 26.Make a sentence: for / made / Grandmother / everyone. / sweets
  27. 27.Make a sentence: diyas / on / Diwali / night. / We / lit
  28. 28.🎆 What is this? (a) fireworks (b) camera (c) diya (d) beach
  29. 29.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  30. 30.🪔 What is this? (a) fireworks (b) train (c) diya (d) film
  31. 31.Make a sentence: her / Riya / wrote / to / grandmother. / a / letter
  32. 32.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  33. 33.Make a sentence: night. / diyas / Diwali / on / lit / We
  34. 34.Make a sentence: for / made / everyone. / Grandmother / sweets
  35. 35.Make a sentence: We / diyas / night. / lit / on / Diwali
  36. 36.Make a sentence: Grandmother / everyone. / sweets / made / for
  37. 37.Make a sentence: Grandmother / sweets / made / everyone. / for
  38. 38.🛕 What is this? (a) sweets (b) temple (c) beach (d) fireworks
  39. 39.Make a sentence: on / lit / diyas / Diwali / night. / We
  40. 40.Make a sentence: lit / on / night. / Diwali / We / diyas

Answer key

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

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