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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 653 · 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.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) was (b) are (c) were
  2. 2.Make a sentence: diyas / lit / We / on / Diwali / night.
  3. 3.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) makes (b) make (c) made
  4. 4.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  5. 5.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) was (b) were (c) is
  6. 6.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) played (b) plays (c) play
  7. 7.Make a sentence: for / everyone. / made / sweets / Grandmother
  8. 8.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) take (b) taken (c) took
  9. 9.Make a sentence: on / We / night. / Diwali / diyas / lit
  10. 10.Make a sentence: her / a / wrote / to / grandmother. / Riya / letter
  11. 11.Make a sentence: wrote / her / to / grandmother. / letter / a / Riya
  12. 12.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  13. 13.✉️ What is this? (a) film (b) train (c) letter (d) beach
  14. 14.Make a sentence: to / letter / wrote / a / her / Riya / grandmother.
  15. 15.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  16. 16.🎆 What is this? (a) sweets (b) train (c) fireworks (d) diya
  17. 17.🚂 What is this? (a) sweets (b) letter (c) train (d) picnic
  18. 18.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  19. 19.I ___ my homework last night. (a) do (b) did (c) does
  20. 20.Make a sentence: train / to / took / We / a / Jaipur.
  21. 21.Make a sentence: on / diyas / night. / We / lit / Diwali
  22. 22.Make a sentence: We / night. / Diwali / diyas / lit / on
  23. 23.Make a sentence: train / took / a / We / to / Jaipur.
  24. 24.Did you ___ the film? (a) watches (b) watch (c) watched
  25. 25.🍬 What is this? (a) letter (b) diya (c) sweets (d) beach
  26. 26.Make a sentence: We / night. / diyas / on / Diwali / lit
  27. 27.Make a sentence: made / Grandmother / sweets / everyone. / for
  28. 28.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  29. 29.Make a sentence: for / sweets / made / everyone. / Grandmother
  30. 30.🏖️ What is this? (a) beach (b) diya (c) camera (d) letter
  31. 31.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) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  32. 32.Make a sentence: on / Diwali / night. / lit / diyas / We
  33. 33.Make a sentence: letter / to / her / grandmother. / Riya / a / wrote
  34. 34.Make a sentence: wrote / Riya / a / letter / to / grandmother. / her
  35. 35.Make a sentence: We / a / took / to / train / Jaipur.
  36. 36.🧺 What is this? (a) train (b) picnic (c) camera (d) letter
  37. 37.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) go (b) goes (c) went
  38. 38.Make a sentence: her / grandmother. / wrote / to / Riya / letter / a
  39. 39.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / to / We / train / took / a
  40. 40.Make a sentence: took / train / We / Jaipur. / to / a

Answer key

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

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