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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

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

Answer key

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

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