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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 54 · 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.🪔 What is this? (a) letter (b) picnic (c) beach (d) diya
  2. 2.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  3. 3.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) take (b) taken (c) took
  4. 4.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) were (b) was (c) is
  5. 5.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) played (b) play (c) plays
  6. 6.🎬 What is this? (a) beach (b) diya (c) sweets (d) film
  7. 7.✉️ What is this? (a) sweets (b) beach (c) train (d) letter
  8. 8.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) are (b) was (c) were
  9. 9.📷 What is this? (a) train (b) picnic (c) fireworks (d) camera
  10. 10.🍬 What is this? (a) film (b) fireworks (c) sweets (d) picnic
  11. 11.Did you ___ the film? (a) watch (b) watched (c) watches
  12. 12.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) We took a train to Jaipur.
  13. 13.Make a sentence: on / We / Diwali / diyas / lit / night.
  14. 14.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) goes (b) go (c) went
  15. 15.Make a sentence: sweets / made / Grandmother / for / everyone.
  16. 16.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  17. 17.🧺 What is this? (a) letter (b) beach (c) picnic (d) diya
  18. 18.I ___ my homework last night. (a) did (b) do (c) does
  19. 19.Make a sentence: made / for / everyone. / sweets / Grandmother
  20. 20.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.
  21. 21.Make a sentence: night. / on / lit / Diwali / We / diyas
  22. 22.Make a sentence: train / Jaipur. / We / to / a / took
  23. 23.Make a sentence: train / took / We / a / to / Jaipur.
  24. 24.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) makes (b) make (c) made
  25. 25.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  26. 26.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  27. 27.Make a sentence: diyas / on / night. / We / lit / Diwali
  28. 28.🚂 What is this? (a) fireworks (b) train (c) temple (d) beach
  29. 29.Make a sentence: took / We / Jaipur. / to / a / train
  30. 30.Make a sentence: night. / We / diyas / on / lit / Diwali
  31. 31.Make a sentence: everyone. / for / made / sweets / Grandmother
  32. 32.Make a sentence: everyone. / sweets / made / Grandmother / for
  33. 33.Make a sentence: train / took / We / Jaipur. / a / to
  34. 34.Make a sentence: night. / on / diyas / Diwali / lit / We
  35. 35.Make a sentence: night. / diyas / lit / Diwali / on / We
  36. 36.Make a sentence: diyas / We / night. / Diwali / on / lit
  37. 37.Make a sentence: a / took / Jaipur. / to / We / train
  38. 38.Make a sentence: letter / a / grandmother. / Riya / wrote / to / her
  39. 39.Make a sentence: sweets / Grandmother / made / for / everyone.
  40. 40.Make a sentence: to / Jaipur. / a / train / took / We

Answer key

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

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