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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 837 · 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.Make a sentence: her / wrote / Riya / a / to / grandmother. / letter
  3. 3.I ___ my homework last night. (a) does (b) did (c) do
  4. 4.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  5. 5.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  6. 6.Make a sentence: on / diyas / night. / lit / Diwali / We
  7. 7.Make a sentence: sweets / for / everyone. / made / Grandmother
  8. 8.🍬 What is this? (a) sweets (b) beach (c) film (d) train
  9. 9.🎬 What is this? (a) camera (b) film (c) letter (d) picnic
  10. 10.Make a sentence: sweets / for / made / Grandmother / everyone.
  11. 11.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  12. 12.🏖️ What is this? (a) diya (b) train (c) beach (d) camera
  13. 13.Make a sentence: a / to / train / took / Jaipur. / We
  14. 14.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) were (b) was (c) are
  15. 15.🛕 What is this? (a) letter (b) temple (c) film (d) train
  16. 16.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.
  17. 17.Make a sentence: lit / Diwali / diyas / We / on / night.
  18. 18.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) made (b) make (c) makes
  19. 19.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) plays (b) played (c) play
  20. 20.Make a sentence: on / We / Diwali / lit / diyas / night.
  21. 21.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  22. 22.🪔 What is this? (a) picnic (b) temple (c) train (d) diya
  23. 23.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) is (b) was (c) were
  24. 24.Make a sentence: a / train / took / Jaipur. / We / to
  25. 25.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  26. 26.Make a sentence: train / Jaipur. / took / We / a / to
  27. 27.Make a sentence: a / to / grandmother. / letter / her / wrote / Riya
  28. 28.Make a sentence: a / letter / her / to / wrote / grandmother. / Riya
  29. 29.Make a sentence: wrote / a / letter / grandmother. / to / her / Riya
  30. 30.Make a sentence: made / for / sweets / everyone. / Grandmother
  31. 31.Make a sentence: a / to / Jaipur. / train / took / We
  32. 32.🧺 What is this? (a) temple (b) camera (c) picnic (d) train
  33. 33.Make a sentence: night. / We / lit / diyas / Diwali / on
  34. 34.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) went (b) go (c) goes
  35. 35.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) taken (b) took (c) take
  36. 36.Make a sentence: diyas / Diwali / night. / We / lit / on
  37. 37.Make a sentence: wrote / to / letter / a / Riya / her / grandmother.
  38. 38.Make a sentence: to / We / train / a / Jaipur. / took
  39. 39.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / took / train / to / We / a
  40. 40.Make a sentence: for / everyone. / sweets / made / Grandmother

Answer key

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

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