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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 972 · 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.🍬 What is this? (a) diya (b) sweets (c) camera (d) fireworks
  2. 2.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  3. 3.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  4. 4.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) took (b) take (c) taken
  5. 5.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) play (b) plays (c) played
  6. 6.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  7. 7.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) are (b) was (c) were
  8. 8.I ___ my homework last night. (a) does (b) did (c) do
  9. 9.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) goes (b) went (c) go
  10. 10.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  11. 11.Make a sentence: diyas / on / lit / night. / We / Diwali
  12. 12.🛕 What is this? (a) letter (b) sweets (c) temple (d) train
  13. 13.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) was (b) were (c) is
  14. 14.🧺 What is this? (a) diya (b) film (c) train (d) picnic
  15. 15.Make a sentence: made / sweets / Grandmother / everyone. / for
  16. 16.Make a sentence: Diwali / diyas / night. / on / We / lit
  17. 17.Did you ___ the film? (a) watched (b) watch (c) watches
  18. 18.Make a sentence: grandmother. / letter / to / a / her / wrote / Riya
  19. 19.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) made (b) makes (c) make
  20. 20.🏖️ What is this? (a) letter (b) film (c) temple (d) beach
  21. 21.Make a sentence: made / sweets / Grandmother / for / everyone.
  22. 22.Make a sentence: on / night. / Diwali / We / diyas / lit
  23. 23.🪔 What is this? (a) diya (b) fireworks (c) train (d) beach
  24. 24.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  25. 25.Make a sentence: on / We / Diwali / diyas / night. / lit
  26. 26.Make a sentence: on / Diwali / We / lit / night. / diyas
  27. 27.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / took / to / We / train / a
  28. 28.Make a sentence: everyone. / for / made / Grandmother / sweets
  29. 29.Make a sentence: We / on / Diwali / night. / diyas / lit
  30. 30.Make a sentence: made / sweets / everyone. / Grandmother / for
  31. 31.Make a sentence: a / Riya / letter / to / grandmother. / her / wrote
  32. 32.Make a sentence: train / to / a / We / Jaipur. / took
  33. 33.Make a sentence: We / Diwali / lit / on / night. / diyas
  34. 34.Make a sentence: to / took / We / Jaipur. / train / a
  35. 35.Make a sentence: train / to / took / Jaipur. / We / a
  36. 36.Make a sentence: for / sweets / Grandmother / everyone. / made
  37. 37.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / train / to / took / We / a
  38. 38.Make a sentence: to / Riya / a / letter / grandmother. / her / wrote
  39. 39.Make a sentence: a / We / Jaipur. / took / to / train
  40. 40.🎆 What is this? (a) temple (b) film (c) letter (d) fireworks

Answer key

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

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