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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 825 · 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.✉️ What is this? (a) temple (b) diya (c) train (d) letter
  2. 2.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) played (b) plays (c) play
  3. 3.I ___ my homework last night. (a) do (b) does (c) did
  4. 4.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.
  5. 5.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  6. 6.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) taken (b) took (c) take
  7. 7.Make a sentence: Riya / to / letter / a / wrote / grandmother. / her
  8. 8.Make a sentence: We / Jaipur. / a / train / to / took
  9. 9.Make a sentence: her / grandmother. / a / Riya / wrote / letter / to
  10. 10.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  11. 11.Make a sentence: night. / on / Diwali / diyas / We / lit
  12. 12.Make a sentence: lit / We / diyas / on / Diwali / night.
  13. 13.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) was (b) is (c) were
  14. 14.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) goes (b) went (c) go
  15. 15.Make a sentence: We / train / to / a / Jaipur. / took
  16. 16.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) make (b) makes (c) made
  17. 17.Make a sentence: wrote / a / letter / her / Riya / to / grandmother.
  18. 18.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  19. 19.🧺 What is this? (a) train (b) film (c) picnic (d) sweets
  20. 20.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  21. 21.Make a sentence: We / night. / Diwali / diyas / on / lit
  22. 22.Make a sentence: lit / Diwali / diyas / We / night. / on
  23. 23.Make a sentence: train / Jaipur. / a / took / We / to
  24. 24.Did you ___ the film? (a) watch (b) watched (c) watches
  25. 25.🛕 What is this? (a) temple (b) train (c) sweets (d) letter
  26. 26.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  27. 27.Make a sentence: Diwali / night. / diyas / on / lit / We
  28. 28.Make a sentence: grandmother. / her / to / a / Riya / letter / wrote
  29. 29.Make a sentence: a / to / took / Jaipur. / train / We
  30. 30.Make a sentence: letter / wrote / to / grandmother. / Riya / her / a
  31. 31.Make a sentence: night. / diyas / on / lit / We / Diwali
  32. 32.Make a sentence: on / diyas / Diwali / lit / We / night.
  33. 33.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) was (b) are (c) were
  34. 34.🎆 What is this? (a) picnic (b) fireworks (c) temple (d) beach
  35. 35.🚂 What is this? (a) picnic (b) beach (c) temple (d) train
  36. 36.Make a sentence: lit / Diwali / on / diyas / night. / We
  37. 37.Make a sentence: everyone. / Grandmother / sweets / for / made
  38. 38.Make a sentence: Riya / wrote / her / to / letter / a / grandmother.
  39. 39.Make a sentence: to / We / train / Jaipur. / took / a
  40. 40.Make a sentence: night. / Diwali / We / lit / diyas / on

Answer key

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

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