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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 434 · 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.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) are (b) were (c) was
  2. 2.Make a sentence: lit / diyas / Diwali / night. / on / We
  3. 3.Make a sentence: sweets / for / Grandmother / everyone. / made
  4. 4.Make a sentence: everyone. / sweets / for / Grandmother / made
  5. 5.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  6. 6.Make a sentence: for / made / Grandmother / everyone. / sweets
  7. 7.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  8. 8.I ___ my homework last night. (a) do (b) did (c) does
  9. 9.Did you ___ the film? (a) watches (b) watched (c) watch
  10. 10.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  11. 11.Make a sentence: Diwali / diyas / lit / night. / on / We
  12. 12.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  13. 13.Make a sentence: We / train / a / to / Jaipur. / took
  14. 14.Make a sentence: a / grandmother. / Riya / wrote / letter / to / her
  15. 15.🚂 What is this? (a) picnic (b) train (c) sweets (d) film
  16. 16.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) taken (b) take (c) took
  17. 17.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) plays (b) play (c) played
  18. 18.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / We / took / to / train / a
  19. 19.✉️ What is this? (a) temple (b) film (c) train (d) letter
  20. 20.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) were (b) was (c) is
  21. 21.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) go (b) went (c) goes
  22. 22.Make a sentence: to / wrote / a / grandmother. / Riya / her / letter
  23. 23.📷 What is this? (a) letter (b) diya (c) camera (d) picnic
  24. 24.🧺 What is this? (a) fireworks (b) picnic (c) train (d) letter
  25. 25.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) make (b) made (c) makes
  26. 26.Make a sentence: took / a / We / train / Jaipur. / to
  27. 27.Make a sentence: her / Riya / wrote / grandmother. / to / a / letter
  28. 28.🪔 What is this? (a) train (b) diya (c) film (d) picnic
  29. 29.Make a sentence: a / to / her / wrote / Riya / grandmother. / letter
  30. 30.🛕 What is this? (a) film (b) diya (c) temple (d) beach
  31. 31.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  32. 32.Make a sentence: train / a / Jaipur. / took / to / We
  33. 33.Make a sentence: made / for / Grandmother / sweets / everyone.
  34. 34.Make a sentence: a / her / letter / wrote / to / grandmother. / Riya
  35. 35.🎬 What is this? (a) beach (b) picnic (c) film (d) letter
  36. 36.🎆 What is this? (a) film (b) fireworks (c) letter (d) beach
  37. 37.Make a sentence: to / Jaipur. / train / took / a / We
  38. 38.Make a sentence: to / a / Jaipur. / took / We / train
  39. 39.Make a sentence: We / night. / diyas / lit / Diwali / on
  40. 40.🏖️ What is this? (a) temple (b) beach (c) train (d) diya

Answer key

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

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