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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 499 · 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) are (c) was
  2. 2.Make a sentence: night. / lit / Diwali / on / We / diyas
  3. 3.Did you ___ the film? (a) watch (b) watches (c) watched
  4. 4.Make a sentence: We / Jaipur. / a / to / took / train
  5. 5.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) makes (b) make (c) made
  6. 6.🧺 What is this? (a) camera (b) picnic (c) sweets (d) diya
  7. 7.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) took (b) taken (c) take
  8. 8.🎬 What is this? (a) camera (b) temple (c) film (d) train
  9. 9.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) were (b) is (c) was
  10. 10.📷 What is this? (a) beach (b) train (c) film (d) camera
  11. 11.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) play (b) played (c) plays
  12. 12.Make a sentence: diyas / We / Diwali / on / night. / lit
  13. 13.Make a sentence: on / Diwali / lit / We / diyas / night.
  14. 14.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  15. 15.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  16. 16.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) goes (b) go (c) went
  17. 17.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / train / We / a / took / to
  18. 18.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  19. 19.Make a sentence: on / night. / lit / Diwali / diyas / We
  20. 20.Make a sentence: took / to / a / We / train / Jaipur.
  21. 21.Make a sentence: sweets / for / made / everyone. / Grandmother
  22. 22.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  23. 23.Make a sentence: on / diyas / Diwali / night. / We / lit
  24. 24.I ___ my homework last night. (a) does (b) do (c) did
  25. 25.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  26. 26.Make a sentence: her / grandmother. / a / letter / Riya / to / wrote
  27. 27.🪔 What is this? (a) diya (b) train (c) fireworks (d) picnic
  28. 28.Make a sentence: train / took / a / Jaipur. / We / to
  29. 29.Make a sentence: diyas / on / We / night. / Diwali / lit
  30. 30.Make a sentence: to / grandmother. / wrote / a / her / Riya / letter
  31. 31.Make a sentence: to / Riya / grandmother. / wrote / a / letter / her
  32. 32.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.
  33. 33.Make a sentence: a / grandmother. / letter / wrote / Riya / to / her
  34. 34.Make a sentence: Grandmother / for / made / everyone. / sweets
  35. 35.Make a sentence: everyone. / made / sweets / Grandmother / for
  36. 36.Make a sentence: letter / Riya / to / her / a / wrote / grandmother.
  37. 37.Make a sentence: We / to / Jaipur. / took / a / train
  38. 38.Make a sentence: letter / her / to / wrote / grandmother. / a / Riya
  39. 39.Make a sentence: We / lit / on / diyas / Diwali / night.
  40. 40.Make a sentence: diyas / Diwali / night. / lit / on / We

Answer key

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

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