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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 408 · 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) plays (c) played
  2. 2.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) taken (b) take (c) took
  3. 3.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  4. 4.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  5. 5.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) went (b) go (c) goes
  6. 6.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  7. 7.I ___ my homework last night. (a) did (b) does (c) do
  8. 8.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) is (b) were (c) was
  9. 9.Make a sentence: everyone. / sweets / Grandmother / for / made
  10. 10.🧺 What is this? (a) picnic (b) diya (c) fireworks (d) train
  11. 11.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  12. 12.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) make (b) made (c) makes
  13. 13.🎬 What is this? (a) letter (b) film (c) temple (d) picnic
  14. 14.Make a sentence: Riya / grandmother. / to / a / letter / wrote / her
  15. 15.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) was (b) are (c) were
  16. 16.Make a sentence: to / wrote / a / letter / grandmother. / her / Riya
  17. 17.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  18. 18.🚂 What is this? (a) sweets (b) train (c) picnic (d) beach
  19. 19.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  20. 20.🏖️ What is this? (a) diya (b) temple (c) picnic (d) beach
  21. 21.Make a sentence: to / a / train / We / Jaipur. / took
  22. 22.Make a sentence: letter / Riya / grandmother. / her / wrote / to / a
  23. 23.🍬 What is this? (a) sweets (b) beach (c) letter (d) train
  24. 24.Make a sentence: lit / diyas / on / We / night. / Diwali
  25. 25.Make a sentence: her / to / letter / a / grandmother. / wrote / Riya
  26. 26.Make a sentence: made / sweets / for / Grandmother / everyone.
  27. 27.Make a sentence: We / a / train / Jaipur. / to / took
  28. 28.Did you ___ the film? (a) watched (b) watches (c) watch
  29. 29.Make a sentence: for / made / Grandmother / sweets / everyone.
  30. 30.Make a sentence: diyas / on / Diwali / We / night. / lit
  31. 31.Make a sentence: Diwali / lit / on / night. / We / diyas
  32. 32.Make a sentence: night. / on / We / diyas / Diwali / lit
  33. 33.Make a sentence: everyone. / for / Grandmother / sweets / made
  34. 34.Make a sentence: on / lit / night. / Diwali / We / diyas
  35. 35.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / train / a / to / We / took
  36. 36.Make a sentence: lit / diyas / on / Diwali / night. / We
  37. 37.Make a sentence: a / her / Riya / wrote / grandmother. / to / letter
  38. 38.Make a sentence: We / lit / Diwali / diyas / night. / on
  39. 39.📷 What is this? (a) diya (b) sweets (c) camera (d) temple
  40. 40.Make a sentence: Grandmother / for / everyone. / sweets / made

Answer key

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

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