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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 787 · 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) were (c) are
  2. 2.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) plays (b) play (c) played
  3. 3.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  4. 4.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  5. 5.Make a sentence: her / Riya / a / grandmother. / letter / to / wrote
  6. 6.Did you ___ the film? (a) watched (b) watches (c) watch
  7. 7.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) took (b) take (c) taken
  8. 8.I ___ my homework last night. (a) do (b) does (c) did
  9. 9.🎆 What is this? (a) picnic (b) letter (c) train (d) fireworks
  10. 10.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) is (b) were (c) was
  11. 11.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) goes (b) went (c) go
  12. 12.Make a sentence: Diwali / lit / night. / diyas / on / We
  13. 13.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  14. 14.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) made (b) makes (c) make
  15. 15.Make a sentence: diyas / night. / on / Diwali / We / lit
  16. 16.Make a sentence: night. / on / Diwali / diyas / We / lit
  17. 17.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  18. 18.Make a sentence: Riya / wrote / letter / grandmother. / a / her / to
  19. 19.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) Last week, we went to the beach.
  20. 20.🏖️ What is this? (a) diya (b) train (c) sweets (d) beach
  21. 21.🧺 What is this? (a) beach (b) temple (c) sweets (d) picnic
  22. 22.Make a sentence: sweets / for / made / everyone. / Grandmother
  23. 23.Make a sentence: took / a / Jaipur. / to / train / We
  24. 24.Make a sentence: on / We / lit / night. / Diwali / diyas
  25. 25.✉️ What is this? (a) camera (b) fireworks (c) beach (d) letter
  26. 26.Make a sentence: night. / We / Diwali / lit / on / diyas
  27. 27.Make a sentence: everyone. / Grandmother / for / made / sweets
  28. 28.Make a sentence: a / train / Jaipur. / took / to / We
  29. 29.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / a / We / to / took / train
  30. 30.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  31. 31.Make a sentence: We / diyas / lit / night. / Diwali / on
  32. 32.Make a sentence: sweets / Grandmother / for / made / everyone.
  33. 33.Make a sentence: wrote / Riya / letter / a / grandmother. / her / to
  34. 34.🪔 What is this? (a) fireworks (b) diya (c) train (d) temple
  35. 35.🎬 What is this? (a) film (b) picnic (c) beach (d) train
  36. 36.Make a sentence: Grandmother / made / for / everyone. / sweets
  37. 37.Make a sentence: night. / We / lit / on / diyas / Diwali
  38. 38.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / a / train / took / to / We
  39. 39.🚂 What is this? (a) fireworks (b) train (c) picnic (d) beach
  40. 40.Make a sentence: diyas / on / night. / lit / Diwali / We

Answer key

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

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