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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 818 · 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.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  3. 3.Make a sentence: night. / on / Diwali / We / lit / diyas
  4. 4.🚂 What is this? (a) fireworks (b) temple (c) train (d) film
  5. 5.Make a sentence: to / letter / Riya / a / grandmother. / her / wrote
  6. 6.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  7. 7.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) is (b) was (c) were
  8. 8.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) taken (b) took (c) take
  9. 9.Make a sentence: her / Riya / letter / a / grandmother. / to / wrote
  10. 10.Make a sentence: made / Grandmother / everyone. / sweets / for
  11. 11.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  12. 12.🏖️ What is this? (a) beach (b) picnic (c) sweets (d) temple
  13. 13.🧺 What is this? (a) letter (b) picnic (c) camera (d) beach
  14. 14.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) went (b) go (c) goes
  15. 15.Make a sentence: sweets / Grandmother / for / made / everyone.
  16. 16.Make a sentence: for / Grandmother / sweets / made / everyone.
  17. 17.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) plays (b) play (c) played
  18. 18.Make a sentence: Grandmother / for / made / sweets / everyone.
  19. 19.Did you ___ the film? (a) watches (b) watched (c) watch
  20. 20.🎬 What is this? (a) temple (b) film (c) letter (d) diya
  21. 21.I ___ my homework last night. (a) did (b) does (c) do
  22. 22.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / a / took / to / train / We
  23. 23.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  24. 24.Make a sentence: lit / on / diyas / night. / Diwali / We
  25. 25.Make a sentence: her / letter / to / grandmother. / a / Riya / wrote
  26. 26.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) made (b) makes (c) make
  27. 27.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.
  28. 28.Make a sentence: sweets / made / Grandmother / everyone. / for
  29. 29.Make a sentence: grandmother. / to / letter / her / wrote / a / Riya
  30. 30.Make a sentence: Grandmother / for / made / everyone. / sweets
  31. 31.Make a sentence: We / lit / on / diyas / night. / Diwali
  32. 32.Make a sentence: train / took / We / a / Jaipur. / to
  33. 33.🪔 What is this? (a) diya (b) train (c) picnic (d) fireworks
  34. 34.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / to / We / a / took / train
  35. 35.Make a sentence: a / train / took / We / to / Jaipur.
  36. 36.Make a sentence: Diwali / lit / night. / We / on / diyas
  37. 37.Make a sentence: diyas / night. / lit / We / on / Diwali
  38. 38.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  39. 39.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / to / a / train / We / took
  40. 40.Make a sentence: Diwali / on / lit / night. / diyas / We

Answer key

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

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