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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 725 · 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) are (b) were (c) was
  2. 2.🧺 What is this? (a) film (b) beach (c) fireworks (d) picnic
  3. 3.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  4. 4.🍬 What is this? (a) diya (b) fireworks (c) train (d) sweets
  5. 5.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) taken (b) took (c) take
  6. 6.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) go (b) went (c) goes
  7. 7.Make a sentence: grandmother. / to / her / a / letter / Riya / wrote
  8. 8.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) plays (b) play (c) played
  9. 9.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  10. 10.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  11. 11.Make a sentence: We / a / train / took / to / Jaipur.
  12. 12.Make a sentence: to / We / took / Jaipur. / train / a
  13. 13.Make a sentence: for / Grandmother / sweets / made / everyone.
  14. 14.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  15. 15.Make a sentence: made / for / sweets / Grandmother / everyone.
  16. 16.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) made (b) makes (c) make
  17. 17.I ___ my homework last night. (a) do (b) does (c) did
  18. 18.Make a sentence: sweets / for / made / everyone. / Grandmother
  19. 19.Make a sentence: We / lit / diyas / Diwali / night. / on
  20. 20.Make a sentence: wrote / a / to / her / Riya / letter / grandmother.
  21. 21.Make a sentence: We / Diwali / night. / on / diyas / lit
  22. 22.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) were (b) was (c) is
  23. 23.Make a sentence: took / We / Jaipur. / to / train / a
  24. 24.Make a sentence: everyone. / made / for / Grandmother / sweets
  25. 25.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  26. 26.Make a sentence: made / Grandmother / everyone. / for / sweets
  27. 27.🚂 What is this? (a) camera (b) letter (c) beach (d) train
  28. 28.Make a sentence: lit / We / night. / diyas / Diwali / on
  29. 29.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / a / We / to / took / train
  30. 30.Make a sentence: grandmother. / to / letter / Riya / wrote / a / her
  31. 31.Make a sentence: diyas / Diwali / lit / night. / We / on
  32. 32.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / to / train / a / took / We
  33. 33.Make a sentence: a / to / letter / grandmother. / wrote / her / Riya
  34. 34.Make a sentence: night. / diyas / Diwali / on / We / lit
  35. 35.🎆 What is this? (a) fireworks (b) picnic (c) sweets (d) camera
  36. 36.Make a sentence: train / Jaipur. / We / took / a / to
  37. 37.Make a sentence: We / lit / night. / Diwali / on / diyas
  38. 38.Make a sentence: We / on / night. / Diwali / lit / diyas
  39. 39.Make a sentence: took / a / Jaipur. / We / to / train
  40. 40.Make a sentence: letter / to / wrote / her / a / grandmother. / Riya

Answer key

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

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