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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 410 · 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.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) makes (b) made (c) make
  2. 2.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) are (b) was (c) were
  3. 3.🚂 What is this? (a) sweets (b) temple (c) diya (d) train
  4. 4.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) is (b) was (c) were
  5. 5.🪔 What is this? (a) letter (b) diya (c) film (d) picnic
  6. 6.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  7. 7.Did you ___ the film? (a) watched (b) watch (c) watches
  8. 8.✉️ What is this? (a) sweets (b) letter (c) diya (d) camera
  9. 9.🎬 What is this? (a) film (b) train (c) camera (d) diya
  10. 10.I ___ my homework last night. (a) does (b) do (c) did
  11. 11.Make a sentence: We / on / diyas / night. / lit / Diwali
  12. 12.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) play (b) plays (c) played
  13. 13.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) went (b) go (c) goes
  14. 14.Make a sentence: took / We / Jaipur. / to / a / train
  15. 15.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) took (b) taken (c) take
  16. 16.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.
  17. 17.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / took / train / a / to / We
  18. 18.Make a sentence: lit / We / on / night. / Diwali / diyas
  19. 19.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  20. 20.Make a sentence: night. / lit / diyas / Diwali / on / We
  21. 21.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) Last week, we went to the beach.
  22. 22.🛕 What is this? (a) film (b) camera (c) beach (d) temple
  23. 23.Make a sentence: to / train / We / a / Jaipur. / took
  24. 24.Make a sentence: to / Jaipur. / We / train / took / a
  25. 25.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  26. 26.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.
  27. 27.🧺 What is this? (a) fireworks (b) film (c) picnic (d) camera
  28. 28.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / to / train / a / took / We
  29. 29.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / train / We / a / took / to
  30. 30.Make a sentence: a / took / to / We / train / Jaipur.
  31. 31.Make a sentence: grandmother. / her / wrote / Riya / a / letter / to
  32. 32.Make a sentence: We / took / to / a / Jaipur. / train
  33. 33.🎆 What is this? (a) film (b) train (c) fireworks (d) sweets
  34. 34.Make a sentence: lit / night. / diyas / We / Diwali / on
  35. 35.Make a sentence: on / lit / night. / Diwali / diyas / We
  36. 36.Make a sentence: to / took / train / Jaipur. / a / We
  37. 37.Make a sentence: grandmother. / wrote / Riya / her / a / to / letter
  38. 38.Make a sentence: made / everyone. / Grandmother / sweets / for
  39. 39.Make a sentence: night. / diyas / Diwali / lit / on / We
  40. 40.Make a sentence: sweets / Grandmother / everyone. / made / for

Answer key

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

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