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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

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

Answer key

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

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