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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 500 · 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.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) played (b) plays (c) play
  2. 2.Did you ___ the film? (a) watch (b) watched (c) watches
  3. 3.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) makes (b) make (c) made
  4. 4.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) goes (b) go (c) went
  5. 5.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) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  6. 6.✉️ What is this? (a) diya (b) letter (c) film (d) fireworks
  7. 7.🎆 What is this? (a) diya (b) picnic (c) film (d) fireworks
  8. 8.I ___ my homework last night. (a) do (b) did (c) does
  9. 9.Make a sentence: diyas / lit / We / Diwali / night. / on
  10. 10.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  11. 11.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.
  12. 12.🛕 What is this? (a) letter (b) picnic (c) beach (d) temple
  13. 13.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) was (b) is (c) were
  14. 14.Make a sentence: sweets / made / for / everyone. / Grandmother
  15. 15.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  16. 16.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / We / a / train / to / took
  17. 17.Make a sentence: everyone. / made / sweets / for / Grandmother
  18. 18.🍬 What is this? (a) sweets (b) temple (c) fireworks (d) train
  19. 19.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) took (b) taken (c) take
  20. 20.Make a sentence: grandmother. / wrote / Riya / her / a / letter / to
  21. 21.Make a sentence: lit / We / on / night. / diyas / Diwali
  22. 22.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.
  23. 23.Make a sentence: to / took / train / a / We / Jaipur.
  24. 24.Make a sentence: wrote / her / letter / Riya / grandmother. / a / to
  25. 25.Make a sentence: to / took / a / train / Jaipur. / We
  26. 26.Make a sentence: to / Jaipur. / a / We / took / train
  27. 27.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  28. 28.Make a sentence: took / a / Jaipur. / train / We / to
  29. 29.Make a sentence: We / on / night. / diyas / Diwali / lit
  30. 30.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) was (b) were (c) are
  31. 31.Make a sentence: a / Riya / grandmother. / her / to / wrote / letter
  32. 32.Make a sentence: everyone. / sweets / for / Grandmother / made
  33. 33.🧺 What is this? (a) train (b) film (c) diya (d) picnic
  34. 34.Make a sentence: train / a / Jaipur. / to / took / We
  35. 35.Make a sentence: train / Jaipur. / We / a / to / took
  36. 36.Make a sentence: We / a / Jaipur. / train / to / took
  37. 37.Make a sentence: her / grandmother. / a / letter / wrote / to / Riya
  38. 38.Make a sentence: a / took / train / We / to / Jaipur.
  39. 39.Make a sentence: night. / diyas / on / lit / Diwali / We
  40. 40.Make a sentence: Grandmother / made / everyone. / sweets / for

Answer key

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

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