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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

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

Answer key

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

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