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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 393 · 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) play (b) played (c) plays
  2. 2.🧺 What is this? (a) beach (b) letter (c) picnic (d) temple
  3. 3.I ___ my homework last night. (a) do (b) did (c) does
  4. 4.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) are (b) were (c) was
  5. 5.Make a sentence: her / Riya / grandmother. / a / wrote / letter / to
  6. 6.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  7. 7.✉️ What is this? (a) train (b) diya (c) temple (d) letter
  8. 8.Make a sentence: Grandmother / sweets / made / for / everyone.
  9. 9.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  10. 10.Make a sentence: to / wrote / a / grandmother. / Riya / letter / her
  11. 11.🪔 What is this? (a) sweets (b) diya (c) film (d) picnic
  12. 12.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  13. 13.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) took (b) taken (c) take
  14. 14.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) is (b) were (c) was
  15. 15.Make a sentence: sweets / Grandmother / made / for / everyone.
  16. 16.Make a sentence: diyas / Diwali / night. / lit / on / We
  17. 17.🛕 What is this? (a) picnic (b) letter (c) camera (d) temple
  18. 18.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) go (b) goes (c) went
  19. 19.Make a sentence: to / Jaipur. / a / took / train / We
  20. 20.Make a sentence: to / letter / grandmother. / wrote / Riya / a / her
  21. 21.🚂 What is this? (a) letter (b) diya (c) train (d) temple
  22. 22.🏖️ What is this? (a) train (b) letter (c) picnic (d) beach
  23. 23.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  24. 24.Make a sentence: on / diyas / We / night. / lit / Diwali
  25. 25.🎆 What is this? (a) beach (b) camera (c) letter (d) fireworks
  26. 26.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) made (b) make (c) makes
  27. 27.🎬 What is this? (a) letter (b) film (c) sweets (d) diya
  28. 28.Make a sentence: night. / diyas / Diwali / lit / on / We
  29. 29.Make a sentence: for / sweets / Grandmother / everyone. / made
  30. 30.📷 What is this? (a) letter (b) train (c) camera (d) picnic
  31. 31.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  32. 32.Did you ___ the film? (a) watches (b) watched (c) watch
  33. 33.Make a sentence: diyas / night. / Diwali / on / We / lit
  34. 34.Make a sentence: to / a / We / took / Jaipur. / train
  35. 35.Make a sentence: for / sweets / everyone. / Grandmother / made
  36. 36.Make a sentence: letter / wrote / to / Riya / a / grandmother. / her
  37. 37.Make a sentence: Diwali / on / night. / We / diyas / lit
  38. 38.Make a sentence: letter / to / Riya / her / wrote / grandmother. / a
  39. 39.Make a sentence: Diwali / We / diyas / night. / lit / on
  40. 40.Make a sentence: lit / night. / We / Diwali / on / diyas

Answer key

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

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