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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 449 · 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) was (c) were
  2. 2.🪔 What is this? (a) sweets (b) diya (c) temple (d) film
  3. 3.Make a sentence: wrote / Riya / letter / to / grandmother. / her / a
  4. 4.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  5. 5.Did you ___ the film? (a) watch (b) watched (c) watches
  6. 6.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) made (b) makes (c) make
  7. 7.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  8. 8.Make a sentence: lit / We / night. / on / Diwali / diyas
  9. 9.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  10. 10.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) plays (b) played (c) play
  11. 11.🧺 What is this? (a) fireworks (b) picnic (c) beach (d) train
  12. 12.Make a sentence: Riya / to / her / letter / grandmother. / a / wrote
  13. 13.🚂 What is this? (a) sweets (b) beach (c) picnic (d) train
  14. 14.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) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  15. 15.Make a sentence: lit / on / diyas / night. / We / Diwali
  16. 16.🍬 What is this? (a) picnic (b) camera (c) beach (d) sweets
  17. 17.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) goes (b) go (c) went
  18. 18.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) take (b) taken (c) took
  19. 19.Make a sentence: took / Jaipur. / to / train / a / We
  20. 20.Make a sentence: Diwali / We / night. / diyas / on / lit
  21. 21.Make a sentence: We / Jaipur. / to / took / train / a
  22. 22.🎆 What is this? (a) film (b) temple (c) train (d) fireworks
  23. 23.📷 What is this? (a) fireworks (b) temple (c) camera (d) beach
  24. 24.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  25. 25.Make a sentence: her / to / Riya / grandmother. / letter / a / wrote
  26. 26.Make a sentence: Riya / wrote / a / letter / her / to / grandmother.
  27. 27.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) were (b) was (c) is
  28. 28.Make a sentence: We / to / a / train / took / Jaipur.
  29. 29.✉️ What is this? (a) fireworks (b) beach (c) train (d) letter
  30. 30.Make a sentence: sweets / made / for / Grandmother / everyone.
  31. 31.Make a sentence: letter / to / grandmother. / Riya / a / her / wrote
  32. 32.Make a sentence: for / sweets / made / everyone. / Grandmother
  33. 33.Make a sentence: her / wrote / letter / to / Riya / grandmother. / a
  34. 34.I ___ my homework last night. (a) does (b) do (c) did
  35. 35.🏖️ What is this? (a) letter (b) sweets (c) beach (d) film
  36. 36.Make a sentence: wrote / Riya / her / letter / a / grandmother. / to
  37. 37.Make a sentence: night. / on / We / diyas / Diwali / lit
  38. 38.Make a sentence: train / a / Jaipur. / took / to / We
  39. 39.Make a sentence: wrote / her / to / Riya / grandmother. / letter / a
  40. 40.Make a sentence: We / on / Diwali / lit / diyas / night.

Answer key

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

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