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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 866 · 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) watches (c) watched
  2. 2.Make a sentence: wrote / grandmother. / Riya / to / a / her / letter
  3. 3.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  4. 4.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) were (b) was (c) are
  5. 5.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  6. 6.🎬 What is this? (a) camera (b) letter (c) film (d) picnic
  7. 7.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) taken (b) take (c) took
  8. 8.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  9. 9.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  10. 10.Make a sentence: for / everyone. / Grandmother / sweets / made
  11. 11.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) was (b) is (c) were
  12. 12.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  13. 13.Make a sentence: Grandmother / for / everyone. / made / sweets
  14. 14.Make a sentence: everyone. / Grandmother / sweets / made / for
  15. 15.Make a sentence: a / to / letter / wrote / grandmother. / Riya / her
  16. 16.📷 What is this? (a) train (b) camera (c) temple (d) fireworks
  17. 17.Make a sentence: her / wrote / to / a / letter / Riya / grandmother.
  18. 18.I ___ my homework last night. (a) does (b) did (c) do
  19. 19.Make a sentence: everyone. / made / sweets / for / Grandmother
  20. 20.Make a sentence: sweets / for / made / Grandmother / everyone.
  21. 21.Make a sentence: night. / lit / Diwali / We / on / diyas
  22. 22.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) make (b) made (c) makes
  23. 23.🛕 What is this? (a) camera (b) diya (c) sweets (d) temple
  24. 24.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) went (b) goes (c) go
  25. 25.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  26. 26.Make a sentence: letter / wrote / grandmother. / to / a / her / Riya
  27. 27.Make a sentence: We / diyas / night. / lit / Diwali / on
  28. 28.🏖️ What is this? (a) sweets (b) beach (c) fireworks (d) camera
  29. 29.🚂 What is this? (a) train (b) fireworks (c) film (d) temple
  30. 30.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) plays (b) played (c) play
  31. 31.Make a sentence: We / to / a / took / Jaipur. / train
  32. 32.Make a sentence: made / Grandmother / for / everyone. / sweets
  33. 33.Make a sentence: made / Grandmother / sweets / for / everyone.
  34. 34.Make a sentence: to / letter / wrote / grandmother. / Riya / her / a
  35. 35.Make a sentence: train / took / Jaipur. / We / a / to
  36. 36.✉️ What is this? (a) letter (b) picnic (c) camera (d) diya
  37. 37.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  38. 38.Make a sentence: night. / on / diyas / Diwali / lit / We
  39. 39.Make a sentence: diyas / lit / night. / on / Diwali / We
  40. 40.Make a sentence: sweets / everyone. / made / for / Grandmother

Answer key

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

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