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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 885 · 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.Make a sentence: to / wrote / letter / grandmother. / Riya / her / a
  2. 2.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  3. 3.I ___ my homework last night. (a) does (b) did (c) do
  4. 4.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) played (b) plays (c) play
  5. 5.🛕 What is this? (a) temple (b) beach (c) train (d) picnic
  6. 6.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) makes (b) made (c) make
  7. 7.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  8. 8.Make a sentence: lit / We / night. / on / diyas / Diwali
  9. 9.Make a sentence: Diwali / lit / night. / We / diyas / on
  10. 10.Make a sentence: grandmother. / wrote / Riya / her / a / to / letter
  11. 11.Make a sentence: sweets / made / Grandmother / for / everyone.
  12. 12.Make a sentence: for / Grandmother / everyone. / sweets / made
  13. 13.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) take (b) took (c) taken
  14. 14.🏖️ What is this? (a) film (b) temple (c) beach (d) camera
  15. 15.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  16. 16.✉️ What is this? (a) letter (b) picnic (c) beach (d) film
  17. 17.🍬 What is this? (a) train (b) temple (c) sweets (d) beach
  18. 18.Did you ___ the film? (a) watches (b) watch (c) watched
  19. 19.🧺 What is this? (a) picnic (b) sweets (c) fireworks (d) camera
  20. 20.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  21. 21.Make a sentence: Diwali / lit / on / night. / diyas / We
  22. 22.Make a sentence: diyas / Diwali / on / We / lit / night.
  23. 23.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) was (b) were (c) are
  24. 24.Make a sentence: night. / lit / diyas / on / Diwali / We
  25. 25.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) goes (b) went (c) go
  26. 26.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  27. 27.Make a sentence: grandmother. / wrote / a / her / to / letter / Riya
  28. 28.Make a sentence: Grandmother / for / everyone. / sweets / made
  29. 29.Make a sentence: to / a / We / Jaipur. / took / train
  30. 30.Make a sentence: everyone. / for / sweets / made / Grandmother
  31. 31.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) was (b) were (c) is
  32. 32.Make a sentence: Riya / to / letter / wrote / a / grandmother. / her
  33. 33.Make a sentence: on / We / Diwali / lit / diyas / night.
  34. 34.Make a sentence: everyone. / for / Grandmother / made / sweets
  35. 35.Make a sentence: a / took / Jaipur. / We / to / train
  36. 36.🎬 What is this? (a) train (b) film (c) camera (d) letter
  37. 37.Make a sentence: night. / diyas / We / on / lit / Diwali
  38. 38.Make a sentence: diyas / on / lit / We / Diwali / night.
  39. 39.🎆 What is this? (a) temple (b) camera (c) fireworks (d) film
  40. 40.Make a sentence: Riya / grandmother. / wrote / to / a / letter / her

Answer key

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

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