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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 459 · 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) were (b) was (c) are
  2. 2.✉️ What is this? (a) letter (b) temple (c) picnic (d) sweets
  3. 3.I ___ my homework last night. (a) does (b) did (c) do
  4. 4.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  5. 5.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  6. 6.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) taken (b) took (c) take
  7. 7.Did you ___ the film? (a) watched (b) watch (c) watches
  8. 8.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) played (b) play (c) plays
  9. 9.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  10. 10.🏖️ What is this? (a) letter (b) temple (c) train (d) beach
  11. 11.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 lit diyas on Diwali night.
  12. 12.📷 What is this? (a) temple (b) fireworks (c) train (d) camera
  13. 13.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / We / took / a / train / to
  14. 14.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  15. 15.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) made (b) make (c) makes
  16. 16.Make a sentence: to / train / We / Jaipur. / a / took
  17. 17.🚂 What is this? (a) diya (b) beach (c) train (d) temple
  18. 18.Make a sentence: lit / We / night. / Diwali / diyas / on
  19. 19.Make a sentence: wrote / Riya / grandmother. / her / letter / a / to
  20. 20.Make a sentence: a / grandmother. / her / letter / Riya / wrote / to
  21. 21.Make a sentence: night. / on / lit / Diwali / We / diyas
  22. 22.Make a sentence: everyone. / sweets / for / made / Grandmother
  23. 23.🎬 What is this? (a) picnic (b) sweets (c) film (d) beach
  24. 24.Make a sentence: We / diyas / lit / on / night. / Diwali
  25. 25.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  26. 26.Make a sentence: to / Jaipur. / train / took / We / a
  27. 27.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) went (b) goes (c) go
  28. 28.Make a sentence: everyone. / Grandmother / sweets / made / for
  29. 29.Make a sentence: We / on / Diwali / lit / diyas / night.
  30. 30.🍬 What is this? (a) diya (b) train (c) picnic (d) sweets
  31. 31.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) were (b) was (c) is
  32. 32.🧺 What is this? (a) diya (b) picnic (c) fireworks (d) temple
  33. 33.Make a sentence: We / Diwali / diyas / night. / lit / on
  34. 34.🪔 What is this? (a) fireworks (b) diya (c) film (d) picnic
  35. 35.Make a sentence: made / for / everyone. / sweets / Grandmother
  36. 36.Make a sentence: made / Grandmother / sweets / everyone. / for
  37. 37.Make a sentence: sweets / everyone. / for / made / Grandmother
  38. 38.Make a sentence: Diwali / on / lit / night. / We / diyas
  39. 39.Make a sentence: her / letter / Riya / grandmother. / a / to / wrote
  40. 40.Make a sentence: sweets / Grandmother / everyone. / made / for

Answer key

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

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