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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 802 · 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.🧺 What is this? (a) diya (b) picnic (c) beach (d) temple
  3. 3.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  4. 4.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) was (b) is (c) were
  5. 5.Make a sentence: night. / lit / Diwali / on / We / diyas
  6. 6.Make a sentence: to / a / letter / Riya / grandmother. / wrote / her
  7. 7.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) made (b) make (c) makes
  8. 8.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) played (b) play (c) plays
  9. 9.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) taken (b) took (c) take
  10. 10.🏖️ What is this? (a) letter (b) temple (c) sweets (d) beach
  11. 11.I ___ my homework last night. (a) did (b) does (c) do
  12. 12.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) go (b) goes (c) went
  13. 13.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  14. 14.🛕 What is this? (a) temple (b) camera (c) picnic (d) letter
  15. 15.Did you ___ the film? (a) watches (b) watched (c) watch
  16. 16.Make a sentence: for / everyone. / made / sweets / Grandmother
  17. 17.Make a sentence: made / for / sweets / everyone. / Grandmother
  18. 18.📷 What is this? (a) film (b) temple (c) camera (d) fireworks
  19. 19.Make a sentence: on / lit / diyas / Diwali / We / night.
  20. 20.Make a sentence: diyas / Diwali / We / night. / on / lit
  21. 21.🍬 What is this? (a) camera (b) sweets (c) picnic (d) train
  22. 22.Make a sentence: everyone. / for / made / sweets / Grandmother
  23. 23.🎆 What is this? (a) picnic (b) film (c) sweets (d) fireworks
  24. 24.Make a sentence: sweets / Grandmother / everyone. / made / for
  25. 25.Make a sentence: took / a / train / to / Jaipur. / We
  26. 26.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  27. 27.🎬 What is this? (a) sweets (b) camera (c) film (d) fireworks
  28. 28.Make a sentence: took / a / train / We / to / Jaipur.
  29. 29.Make a sentence: train / to / took / Jaipur. / We / a
  30. 30.Make a sentence: sweets / made / everyone. / Grandmother / for
  31. 31.Make a sentence: took / Jaipur. / to / a / We / train
  32. 32.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  33. 33.Make a sentence: a / grandmother. / letter / her / Riya / wrote / to
  34. 34.Make a sentence: to / took / Jaipur. / train / a / We
  35. 35.🚂 What is this? (a) letter (b) diya (c) sweets (d) train
  36. 36.Make a sentence: on / lit / We / Diwali / diyas / night.
  37. 37.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / to / train / a / took / We
  38. 38.Make a sentence: We / to / Jaipur. / train / a / took
  39. 39.🪔 What is this? (a) film (b) letter (c) diya (d) temple
  40. 40.Make a sentence: grandmother. / wrote / to / Riya / a / her / letter

Answer key

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

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