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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 535 · 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.I ___ my homework last night. (a) did (b) does (c) do
  2. 2.🏖️ What is this? (a) beach (b) picnic (c) letter (d) sweets
  3. 3.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) was (b) were (c) is
  4. 4.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  5. 5.✉️ What is this? (a) film (b) sweets (c) camera (d) letter
  6. 6.Make a sentence: a / Riya / her / letter / to / wrote / grandmother.
  7. 7.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  8. 8.Make a sentence: a / Jaipur. / to / took / We / train
  9. 9.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  10. 10.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) was (b) are (c) were
  11. 11.Did you ___ the film? (a) watches (b) watched (c) watch
  12. 12.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  13. 13.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) went (b) go (c) goes
  14. 14.🪔 What is this? (a) film (b) temple (c) letter (d) diya
  15. 15.Make a sentence: letter / grandmother. / a / wrote / to / Riya / her
  16. 16.Make a sentence: wrote / grandmother. / her / a / letter / to / Riya
  17. 17.Make a sentence: train / Jaipur. / to / took / We / a
  18. 18.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  19. 19.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) took (b) take (c) taken
  20. 20.Make a sentence: diyas / lit / on / We / night. / Diwali
  21. 21.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) makes (b) made (c) make
  22. 22.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) play (b) plays (c) played
  23. 23.Make a sentence: for / sweets / everyone. / Grandmother / made
  24. 24.Make a sentence: We / diyas / on / Diwali / lit / night.
  25. 25.Make a sentence: on / We / diyas / Diwali / night. / lit
  26. 26.Make a sentence: everyone. / for / made / sweets / Grandmother
  27. 27.Make a sentence: to / letter / a / wrote / Riya / her / grandmother.
  28. 28.Make a sentence: night. / Diwali / lit / diyas / We / on
  29. 29.Make a sentence: a / Riya / letter / her / to / wrote / grandmother.
  30. 30.Make a sentence: Riya / wrote / to / a / grandmother. / her / letter
  31. 31.Make a sentence: on / Diwali / night. / We / diyas / lit
  32. 32.🧺 What is this? (a) sweets (b) train (c) picnic (d) letter
  33. 33.Make a sentence: to / a / wrote / her / letter / Riya / grandmother.
  34. 34.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  35. 35.Make a sentence: Diwali / night. / lit / diyas / We / on
  36. 36.Make a sentence: sweets / everyone. / made / Grandmother / for
  37. 37.Make a sentence: everyone. / sweets / for / Grandmother / made
  38. 38.Make a sentence: train / Jaipur. / took / We / to / a
  39. 39.Make a sentence: a / her / Riya / grandmother. / letter / to / wrote
  40. 40.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / train / a / to / took / We

Answer key

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

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