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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 50 · 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.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) is (b) was (c) were
  2. 2.📷 What is this? (a) diya (b) temple (c) beach (d) camera
  3. 3.Make a sentence: We / train / a / Jaipur. / took / to
  4. 4.Make a sentence: Diwali / lit / on / We / night. / diyas
  5. 5.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) were (b) was (c) are
  6. 6.Make a sentence: sweets / for / made / everyone. / Grandmother
  7. 7.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  8. 8.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) goes (b) went (c) go
  9. 9.🍬 What is this? (a) sweets (b) temple (c) train (d) beach
  10. 10.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  11. 11.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  12. 12.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) take (b) taken (c) took
  13. 13.Make a sentence: for / sweets / everyone. / made / Grandmother
  14. 14.Make a sentence: everyone. / sweets / for / Grandmother / made
  15. 15.Did you ___ the film? (a) watched (b) watch (c) watches
  16. 16.Make a sentence: diyas / on / Diwali / We / night. / lit
  17. 17.I ___ my homework last night. (a) do (b) does (c) did
  18. 18.Make a sentence: for / Grandmother / everyone. / made / sweets
  19. 19.Make a sentence: her / wrote / a / grandmother. / Riya / to / letter
  20. 20.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  21. 21.🧺 What is this? (a) fireworks (b) film (c) train (d) picnic
  22. 22.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / to / We / a / took / train
  23. 23.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) make (b) makes (c) made
  24. 24.Make a sentence: We / took / a / Jaipur. / to / train
  25. 25.🏖️ What is this? (a) beach (b) letter (c) film (d) train
  26. 26.🎆 What is this? (a) sweets (b) diya (c) fireworks (d) train
  27. 27.Make a sentence: took / train / to / a / Jaipur. / We
  28. 28.🛕 What is this? (a) letter (b) sweets (c) temple (d) picnic
  29. 29.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  30. 30.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) played (b) plays (c) play
  31. 31.Make a sentence: train / a / to / Jaipur. / took / We
  32. 32.Make a sentence: her / wrote / grandmother. / to / a / Riya / letter
  33. 33.Make a sentence: took / to / We / Jaipur. / a / train
  34. 34.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  35. 35.Make a sentence: diyas / on / We / lit / night. / Diwali
  36. 36.Make a sentence: We / lit / Diwali / on / night. / diyas
  37. 37.Make a sentence: took / Jaipur. / train / We / to / a
  38. 38.Make a sentence: We / Jaipur. / to / train / took / a
  39. 39.Make a sentence: her / letter / a / grandmother. / Riya / to / wrote
  40. 40.Make a sentence: her / wrote / Riya / a / letter / to / grandmother.

Answer key

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

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