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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 836 · 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.Did you ___ the film? (a) watch (b) watched (c) watches
  2. 2.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) was (b) are (c) were
  3. 3.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) taken (b) took (c) take
  4. 4.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  5. 5.🪔 What is this? (a) film (b) diya (c) picnic (d) sweets
  6. 6.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  7. 7.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) makes (b) made (c) make
  8. 8.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) played (b) play (c) plays
  9. 9.📷 What is this? (a) picnic (b) sweets (c) camera (d) beach
  10. 10.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) goes (b) go (c) went
  11. 11.Make a sentence: grandmother. / to / Riya / a / her / wrote / letter
  12. 12.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  13. 13.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  14. 14.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) is (b) were (c) was
  15. 15.🏖️ What is this? (a) film (b) beach (c) fireworks (d) camera
  16. 16.Make a sentence: took / We / Jaipur. / a / to / train
  17. 17.Make a sentence: to / We / a / took / train / Jaipur.
  18. 18.🛕 What is this? (a) fireworks (b) train (c) temple (d) beach
  19. 19.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  20. 20.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  21. 21.🍬 What is this? (a) sweets (b) film (c) train (d) picnic
  22. 22.Make a sentence: diyas / We / on / night. / lit / Diwali
  23. 23.Make a sentence: her / to / wrote / a / grandmother. / letter / Riya
  24. 24.🎬 What is this? (a) beach (b) film (c) diya (d) fireworks
  25. 25.Make a sentence: on / diyas / We / lit / night. / Diwali
  26. 26.Make a sentence: diyas / Diwali / We / on / lit / night.
  27. 27.Make a sentence: letter / Riya / grandmother. / a / to / wrote / her
  28. 28.🎆 What is this? (a) letter (b) film (c) fireworks (d) picnic
  29. 29.Make a sentence: night. / diyas / Diwali / lit / on / We
  30. 30.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / We / a / train / took / to
  31. 31.I ___ my homework last night. (a) did (b) does (c) do
  32. 32.Make a sentence: made / sweets / for / Grandmother / everyone.
  33. 33.Make a sentence: grandmother. / to / a / wrote / Riya / letter / her
  34. 34.Make a sentence: everyone. / Grandmother / sweets / made / for
  35. 35.Make a sentence: took / We / a / to / train / Jaipur.
  36. 36.Make a sentence: took / to / Jaipur. / train / We / a
  37. 37.Make a sentence: took / to / train / We / a / Jaipur.
  38. 38.Make a sentence: diyas / on / We / lit / night. / Diwali
  39. 39.Make a sentence: lit / night. / on / We / Diwali / diyas
  40. 40.Make a sentence: wrote / Riya / grandmother. / letter / to / her / a

Answer key

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

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