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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 826 · 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.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) plays (b) play (c) played
  2. 2.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) was (b) were (c) is
  3. 3.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  4. 4.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  5. 5.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  6. 6.🎆 What is this? (a) train (b) camera (c) fireworks (d) film
  7. 7.🍬 What is this? (a) sweets (b) temple (c) diya (d) picnic
  8. 8.🎬 What is this? (a) train (b) picnic (c) letter (d) film
  9. 9.🪔 What is this? (a) diya (b) picnic (c) beach (d) film
  10. 10.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  11. 11.Did you ___ the film? (a) watch (b) watched (c) watches
  12. 12.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) made (b) makes (c) make
  13. 13.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) was (b) were (c) are
  14. 14.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) went (b) goes (c) go
  15. 15.Make a sentence: wrote / grandmother. / a / letter / to / Riya / her
  16. 16.Make a sentence: Diwali / on / night. / diyas / We / lit
  17. 17.📷 What is this? (a) beach (b) camera (c) sweets (d) temple
  18. 18.Make a sentence: grandmother. / letter / her / to / a / Riya / wrote
  19. 19.Make a sentence: train / took / a / to / Jaipur. / We
  20. 20.I ___ my homework last night. (a) do (b) does (c) did
  21. 21.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) take (b) took (c) taken
  22. 22.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  23. 23.Make a sentence: grandmother. / a / to / letter / Riya / her / wrote
  24. 24.🛕 What is this? (a) sweets (b) camera (c) temple (d) film
  25. 25.Make a sentence: her / a / wrote / grandmother. / to / letter / Riya
  26. 26.Make a sentence: night. / diyas / Diwali / We / lit / on
  27. 27.🧺 What is this? (a) picnic (b) beach (c) film (d) fireworks
  28. 28.Make a sentence: We / a / train / took / to / Jaipur.
  29. 29.Make a sentence: lit / We / diyas / Diwali / on / night.
  30. 30.Make a sentence: diyas / lit / night. / on / We / Diwali
  31. 31.✉️ What is this? (a) temple (b) train (c) letter (d) beach
  32. 32.🏖️ What is this? (a) picnic (b) train (c) beach (d) letter
  33. 33.Make a sentence: wrote / letter / her / Riya / a / to / grandmother.
  34. 34.🚂 What is this? (a) temple (b) fireworks (c) picnic (d) train
  35. 35.Make a sentence: Diwali / lit / night. / on / We / diyas
  36. 36.Make a sentence: sweets / made / for / everyone. / Grandmother
  37. 37.Make a sentence: lit / night. / on / diyas / We / Diwali
  38. 38.Make a sentence: a / wrote / to / grandmother. / letter / Riya / her
  39. 39.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  40. 40.Make a sentence: train / took / Jaipur. / a / to / We

Answer key

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

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