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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 545 · 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.Did you ___ the film? (a) watched (b) watches (c) watch
  2. 2.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  3. 3.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) went (b) go (c) goes
  4. 4.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) played (b) play (c) plays
  5. 5.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) were (b) is (c) was
  6. 6.Make a sentence: everyone. / sweets / made / for / Grandmother
  7. 7.I ___ my homework last night. (a) did (b) does (c) do
  8. 8.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  9. 9.Make a sentence: for / everyone. / made / Grandmother / sweets
  10. 10.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) took (b) take (c) taken
  11. 11.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) made (b) make (c) makes
  12. 12.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) was (b) were (c) are
  13. 13.Make a sentence: her / Riya / grandmother. / to / a / wrote / letter
  14. 14.Make a sentence: wrote / letter / grandmother. / her / Riya / to / a
  15. 15.Make a sentence: night. / on / We / Diwali / lit / diyas
  16. 16.Make a sentence: lit / night. / Diwali / diyas / on / We
  17. 17.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  18. 18.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  19. 19.🚂 What is this? (a) temple (b) letter (c) sweets (d) train
  20. 20.Make a sentence: Grandmother / everyone. / sweets / made / for
  21. 21.Make a sentence: made / for / Grandmother / sweets / everyone.
  22. 22.Make a sentence: night. / lit / Diwali / on / We / diyas
  23. 23.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  24. 24.Make a sentence: Diwali / on / night. / lit / diyas / We
  25. 25.Make a sentence: her / wrote / to / Riya / a / grandmother. / letter
  26. 26.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  27. 27.Make a sentence: lit / Diwali / on / night. / We / diyas
  28. 28.Make a sentence: wrote / to / a / Riya / her / grandmother. / letter
  29. 29.Make a sentence: We / night. / on / diyas / Diwali / lit
  30. 30.Make a sentence: letter / wrote / a / grandmother. / her / Riya / to
  31. 31.Make a sentence: letter / grandmother. / to / Riya / a / wrote / her
  32. 32.Make a sentence: We / on / night. / diyas / lit / Diwali
  33. 33.Make a sentence: lit / on / Diwali / We / diyas / night.
  34. 34.🏖️ What is this? (a) beach (b) letter (c) train (d) film
  35. 35.🎬 What is this? (a) temple (b) film (c) camera (d) sweets
  36. 36.🧺 What is this? (a) train (b) picnic (c) camera (d) fireworks
  37. 37.🎆 What is this? (a) train (b) fireworks (c) letter (d) film
  38. 38.Make a sentence: sweets / everyone. / for / Grandmother / made
  39. 39.Make a sentence: We / took / train / a / to / Jaipur.
  40. 40.Make a sentence: her / a / to / letter / Riya / grandmother. / wrote

Answer key

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

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