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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 447 · 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 / wrote / her / to / grandmother. / letter / a
  2. 2.Make a sentence: We / took / train / a / Jaipur. / to
  3. 3.Make a sentence: made / sweets / everyone. / Grandmother / for
  4. 4.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) were (b) are (c) was
  5. 5.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) plays (b) played (c) play
  6. 6.I ___ my homework last night. (a) do (b) does (c) did
  7. 7.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  8. 8.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) is (b) was (c) were
  9. 9.Make a sentence: lit / on / Diwali / night. / We / diyas
  10. 10.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) take (b) took (c) taken
  11. 11.Make a sentence: made / everyone. / for / Grandmother / sweets
  12. 12.🍬 What is this? (a) picnic (b) beach (c) letter (d) sweets
  13. 13.🎆 What is this? (a) beach (b) train (c) sweets (d) fireworks
  14. 14.Did you ___ the film? (a) watch (b) watches (c) watched
  15. 15.Make a sentence: letter / Riya / her / grandmother. / to / wrote / a
  16. 16.🎬 What is this? (a) picnic (b) beach (c) train (d) film
  17. 17.Make a sentence: took / We / a / train / Jaipur. / to
  18. 18.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  19. 19.Make a sentence: night. / diyas / We / on / Diwali / lit
  20. 20.🛕 What is this? (a) camera (b) diya (c) film (d) temple
  21. 21.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) makes (b) make (c) made
  22. 22.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  23. 23.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  24. 24.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.
  25. 25.🏖️ What is this? (a) beach (b) fireworks (c) diya (d) temple
  26. 26.Make a sentence: lit / diyas / Diwali / on / night. / We
  27. 27.Make a sentence: for / everyone. / Grandmother / made / sweets
  28. 28.Make a sentence: sweets / everyone. / Grandmother / made / for
  29. 29.Make a sentence: made / everyone. / sweets / for / Grandmother
  30. 30.Make a sentence: We / Diwali / on / diyas / lit / night.
  31. 31.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) go (b) went (c) goes
  32. 32.🚂 What is this? (a) train (b) beach (c) film (d) fireworks
  33. 33.Make a sentence: Diwali / We / lit / night. / on / diyas
  34. 34.Make a sentence: Diwali / We / night. / diyas / on / lit
  35. 35.🧺 What is this? (a) picnic (b) train (c) temple (d) film
  36. 36.Make a sentence: took / a / to / Jaipur. / We / train
  37. 37.Make a sentence: Riya / her / wrote / a / letter / grandmother. / to
  38. 38.Make a sentence: sweets / made / for / everyone. / Grandmother
  39. 39.Make a sentence: lit / We / night. / diyas / Diwali / on
  40. 40.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.

Answer key

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

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