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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 699 · 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.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) taken (b) take (c) took
  2. 2.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) play (b) plays (c) played
  3. 3.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) make (b) makes (c) made
  4. 4.Make a sentence: Riya / wrote / her / letter / a / to / grandmother.
  5. 5.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  6. 6.Make a sentence: on / Diwali / lit / diyas / We / night.
  7. 7.🍬 What is this? (a) sweets (b) letter (c) diya (d) train
  8. 8.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  9. 9.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  10. 10.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) are (b) were (c) was
  11. 11.Make a sentence: We / night. / Diwali / diyas / lit / on
  12. 12.Did you ___ the film? (a) watched (b) watches (c) watch
  13. 13.Make a sentence: a / to / Jaipur. / We / train / took
  14. 14.Make a sentence: made / Grandmother / everyone. / sweets / for
  15. 15.📷 What is this? (a) sweets (b) letter (c) fireworks (d) camera
  16. 16.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  17. 17.Make a sentence: a / train / to / took / We / Jaipur.
  18. 18.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) goes (b) went (c) go
  19. 19.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.
  20. 20.Make a sentence: grandmother. / a / letter / her / wrote / Riya / to
  21. 21.Make a sentence: for / Grandmother / everyone. / made / sweets
  22. 22.Make a sentence: night. / We / Diwali / lit / on / diyas
  23. 23.Make a sentence: made / everyone. / Grandmother / for / sweets
  24. 24.🧺 What is this? (a) beach (b) temple (c) picnic (d) train
  25. 25.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) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  26. 26.I ___ my homework last night. (a) does (b) did (c) do
  27. 27.Make a sentence: diyas / Diwali / night. / lit / on / We
  28. 28.Make a sentence: a / took / We / to / Jaipur. / train
  29. 29.🎆 What is this? (a) fireworks (b) picnic (c) sweets (d) temple
  30. 30.🎬 What is this? (a) camera (b) train (c) fireworks (d) film
  31. 31.Make a sentence: night. / We / diyas / lit / on / Diwali
  32. 32.Make a sentence: Riya / grandmother. / to / her / letter / wrote / a
  33. 33.Make a sentence: grandmother. / a / wrote / letter / Riya / her / to
  34. 34.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) was (b) is (c) were
  35. 35.✉️ What is this? (a) beach (b) sweets (c) letter (d) train
  36. 36.Make a sentence: We / to / train / a / Jaipur. / took
  37. 37.Make a sentence: diyas / We / lit / Diwali / on / night.
  38. 38.Make a sentence: everyone. / for / sweets / made / Grandmother
  39. 39.Make a sentence: wrote / a / letter / her / to / grandmother. / Riya
  40. 40.Make a sentence: Diwali / diyas / night. / on / lit / We

Answer key

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

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