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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 400 · 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.Make a sentence: Riya / letter / to / her / a / wrote / grandmother.
  2. 2.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  3. 3.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) was (b) were (c) is
  4. 4.Make a sentence: a / Riya / her / to / grandmother. / letter / wrote
  5. 5.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) was (b) are (c) were
  6. 6.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  7. 7.📷 What is this? (a) camera (b) letter (c) diya (d) beach
  8. 8.I ___ my homework last night. (a) do (b) did (c) does
  9. 9.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  10. 10.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) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  11. 11.Did you ___ the film? (a) watch (b) watches (c) watched
  12. 12.Make a sentence: to / We / a / Jaipur. / took / train
  13. 13.🪔 What is this? (a) film (b) temple (c) sweets (d) diya
  14. 14.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  15. 15.Make a sentence: diyas / on / Diwali / night. / We / lit
  16. 16.Make a sentence: We / to / train / Jaipur. / a / took
  17. 17.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) taken (b) take (c) took
  18. 18.✉️ What is this? (a) letter (b) fireworks (c) temple (d) train
  19. 19.Make a sentence: lit / diyas / on / We / night. / Diwali
  20. 20.Make a sentence: We / train / Jaipur. / a / to / took
  21. 21.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) play (b) played (c) plays
  22. 22.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) made (b) make (c) makes
  23. 23.Make a sentence: night. / diyas / lit / Diwali / on / We
  24. 24.Make a sentence: Grandmother / everyone. / sweets / for / made
  25. 25.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.
  26. 26.Make a sentence: letter / grandmother. / to / wrote / Riya / her / a
  27. 27.🏖️ What is this? (a) film (b) temple (c) beach (d) diya
  28. 28.Make a sentence: diyas / We / night. / Diwali / lit / on
  29. 29.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) went (b) go (c) goes
  30. 30.🚂 What is this? (a) letter (b) sweets (c) temple (d) train
  31. 31.Make a sentence: to / Jaipur. / took / train / a / We
  32. 32.Make a sentence: lit / on / Diwali / diyas / We / night.
  33. 33.Make a sentence: on / night. / Diwali / We / lit / diyas
  34. 34.🎆 What is this? (a) camera (b) temple (c) fireworks (d) train
  35. 35.Make a sentence: sweets / for / made / everyone. / Grandmother
  36. 36.Make a sentence: sweets / Grandmother / everyone. / for / made
  37. 37.Make a sentence: on / We / lit / night. / Diwali / diyas
  38. 38.Make a sentence: We / night. / lit / Diwali / on / diyas
  39. 39.🛕 What is this? (a) train (b) film (c) camera (d) temple
  40. 40.Make a sentence: night. / diyas / We / on / Diwali / lit

Answer key

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

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