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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 650 · 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) beach (b) fireworks (c) sweets (d) picnic
  2. 2.Did you ___ the film? (a) watched (b) watch (c) watches
  3. 3.Make a sentence: grandmother. / Riya / wrote / to / her / a / letter
  4. 4.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) are (b) was (c) were
  5. 5.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  6. 6.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) is (b) was (c) were
  7. 7.Make a sentence: letter / Riya / wrote / a / to / grandmother. / her
  8. 8.Make a sentence: night. / We / diyas / on / Diwali / lit
  9. 9.Make a sentence: made / for / Grandmother / everyone. / sweets
  10. 10.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  11. 11.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) took (b) take (c) taken
  12. 12.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) played (b) play (c) plays
  13. 13.I ___ my homework last night. (a) does (b) do (c) did
  14. 14.🚂 What is this? (a) letter (b) film (c) picnic (d) train
  15. 15.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  16. 16.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) go (b) went (c) goes
  17. 17.📷 What is this? (a) train (b) camera (c) letter (d) beach
  18. 18.Make a sentence: a / Riya / her / to / letter / grandmother. / wrote
  19. 19.Make a sentence: for / everyone. / sweets / made / Grandmother
  20. 20.Make a sentence: Grandmother / made / for / sweets / everyone.
  21. 21.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  22. 22.Make a sentence: train / a / took / Jaipur. / We / to
  23. 23.Make a sentence: Riya / letter / grandmother. / wrote / her / a / to
  24. 24.🏖️ What is this? (a) diya (b) sweets (c) beach (d) train
  25. 25.Make a sentence: everyone. / sweets / for / made / Grandmother
  26. 26.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  27. 27.Make a sentence: Grandmother / made / everyone. / sweets / for
  28. 28.🎬 What is this? (a) picnic (b) camera (c) temple (d) film
  29. 29.🛕 What is this? (a) beach (b) letter (c) temple (d) picnic
  30. 30.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  31. 31.Make a sentence: to / train / took / Jaipur. / a / We
  32. 32.Make a sentence: Diwali / on / diyas / lit / night. / We
  33. 33.I ___ my homework last night. (a) do (b) did (c) does
  34. 34.Make a sentence: We / Jaipur. / took / to / train / a
  35. 35.Make a sentence: wrote / letter / grandmother. / Riya / her / a / to
  36. 36.Make a sentence: diyas / night. / lit / Diwali / on / We
  37. 37.Make a sentence: grandmother. / to / Riya / her / a / letter / wrote
  38. 38.Make a sentence: We / to / took / Jaipur. / train / a
  39. 39.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) made (b) make (c) makes
  40. 40.Make a sentence: a / took / Jaipur. / to / train / We

Answer key

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

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