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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 395 · 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.I ___ my homework last night. (a) does (b) do (c) did
  2. 2.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) plays (b) played (c) play
  3. 3.Make a sentence: night. / We / Diwali / lit / on / diyas
  4. 4.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  5. 5.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  6. 6.Did you ___ the film? (a) watch (b) watched (c) watches
  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.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  9. 9.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) make (b) made (c) makes
  10. 10.Make a sentence: We / took / to / train / Jaipur. / a
  11. 11.Make a sentence: diyas / night. / lit / on / We / Diwali
  12. 12.Make a sentence: her / a / to / grandmother. / Riya / letter / wrote
  13. 13.Make a sentence: wrote / grandmother. / a / to / Riya / her / letter
  14. 14.🪔 What is this? (a) letter (b) sweets (c) camera (d) diya
  15. 15.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) went (b) goes (c) go
  16. 16.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) is (b) was (c) were
  17. 17.📷 What is this? (a) train (b) camera (c) picnic (d) sweets
  18. 18.Make a sentence: to / Jaipur. / a / train / took / We
  19. 19.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  20. 20.Make a sentence: for / made / Grandmother / sweets / everyone.
  21. 21.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) taken (b) took (c) take
  22. 22.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) are (b) were (c) was
  23. 23.Make a sentence: her / to / a / letter / grandmother. / wrote / Riya
  24. 24.Make a sentence: made / Grandmother / for / sweets / everyone.
  25. 25.Make a sentence: for / everyone. / Grandmother / made / sweets
  26. 26.Make a sentence: We / a / Jaipur. / took / train / to
  27. 27.🚂 What is this? (a) train (b) sweets (c) fireworks (d) temple
  28. 28.Make a sentence: on / Diwali / lit / night. / diyas / We
  29. 29.Make a sentence: Riya / her / wrote / letter / to / grandmother. / a
  30. 30.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  31. 31.🧺 What is this? (a) camera (b) picnic (c) diya (d) film
  32. 32.I ___ my homework last night. (a) do (b) did (c) does
  33. 33.Make a sentence: to / train / We / took / a / Jaipur.
  34. 34.Make a sentence: a / train / Jaipur. / We / took / to
  35. 35.Make a sentence: night. / Diwali / We / lit / diyas / on
  36. 36.Make a sentence: sweets / for / everyone. / made / Grandmother
  37. 37.Make a sentence: for / everyone. / made / sweets / Grandmother
  38. 38.Make a sentence: a / took / to / We / train / Jaipur.
  39. 39.🎆 What is this? (a) film (b) letter (c) fireworks (d) sweets
  40. 40.🏖️ What is this? (a) beach (b) letter (c) temple (d) picnic

Answer key

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

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