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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 930 · 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.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) are (b) was (c) were
  2. 2.🧺 What is this? (a) picnic (b) film (c) letter (d) train
  3. 3.🚂 What is this? (a) letter (b) diya (c) fireworks (d) train
  4. 4.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) go (b) went (c) goes
  5. 5.Make a sentence: Riya / a / her / letter / to / grandmother. / wrote
  6. 6.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  7. 7.Make a sentence: to / wrote / letter / grandmother. / her / a / Riya
  8. 8.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  9. 9.🪔 What is this? (a) diya (b) film (c) fireworks (d) sweets
  10. 10.I ___ my homework last night. (a) did (b) does (c) do
  11. 11.🏖️ What is this? (a) temple (b) beach (c) film (d) camera
  12. 12.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  13. 13.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.
  14. 14.Did you ___ the film? (a) watches (b) watch (c) watched
  15. 15.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  16. 16.Make a sentence: wrote / letter / to / a / grandmother. / her / Riya
  17. 17.Make a sentence: grandmother. / her / Riya / wrote / a / letter / to
  18. 18.Make a sentence: Riya / her / a / grandmother. / letter / wrote / to
  19. 19.Make a sentence: took / We / a / Jaipur. / to / train
  20. 20.Make a sentence: sweets / everyone. / made / Grandmother / for
  21. 21.Make a sentence: night. / Diwali / lit / We / diyas / on
  22. 22.Make a sentence: Diwali / on / lit / night. / diyas / We
  23. 23.Make a sentence: made / for / sweets / Grandmother / everyone.
  24. 24.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) is (b) were (c) was
  25. 25.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) play (b) plays (c) played
  26. 26.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  27. 27.Make a sentence: Diwali / diyas / lit / We / on / night.
  28. 28.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) take (b) taken (c) took
  29. 29.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) make (b) makes (c) made
  30. 30.🎬 What is this? (a) camera (b) sweets (c) film (d) beach
  31. 31.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / a / We / to / took / train
  32. 32.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / to / a / We / train / took
  33. 33.Make a sentence: on / Diwali / diyas / night. / We / lit
  34. 34.🍬 What is this? (a) temple (b) film (c) fireworks (d) sweets
  35. 35.Make a sentence: Grandmother / for / sweets / made / everyone.
  36. 36.Make a sentence: to / Jaipur. / took / a / train / We
  37. 37.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / a / to / We / train / took
  38. 38.🎆 What is this? (a) letter (b) fireworks (c) train (d) camera
  39. 39.Make a sentence: Grandmother / sweets / made / everyone. / for
  40. 40.Make a sentence: diyas / night. / Diwali / We / lit / on

Answer key

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

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