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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

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

Answer key

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

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