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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 977 · 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: a / grandmother. / her / to / letter / Riya / wrote
  2. 2.Did you ___ the film? (a) watched (b) watches (c) watch
  3. 3.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) was (b) are (c) were
  4. 4.Make a sentence: to / We / train / Jaipur. / a / took
  5. 5.Make a sentence: everyone. / made / for / Grandmother / sweets
  6. 6.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) goes (b) went (c) go
  7. 7.Make a sentence: to / took / a / train / We / Jaipur.
  8. 8.Make a sentence: lit / diyas / Diwali / on / night. / We
  9. 9.I ___ my homework last night. (a) do (b) does (c) did
  10. 10.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  11. 11.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) make (b) made (c) makes
  12. 12.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) played (b) plays (c) play
  13. 13.🎆 What is this? (a) fireworks (b) sweets (c) camera (d) film
  14. 14.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) is (b) were (c) was
  15. 15.🎬 What is this? (a) diya (b) sweets (c) film (d) letter
  16. 16.🍬 What is this? (a) fireworks (b) sweets (c) film (d) letter
  17. 17.Make a sentence: on / We / diyas / Diwali / lit / night.
  18. 18.✉️ What is this? (a) diya (b) train (c) letter (d) picnic
  19. 19.Make a sentence: took / a / Jaipur. / We / train / to
  20. 20.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  21. 21.🛕 What is this? (a) temple (b) beach (c) picnic (d) sweets
  22. 22.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  23. 23.Make a sentence: for / Grandmother / made / everyone. / sweets
  24. 24.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) Last week, we went to the beach.
  25. 25.Make a sentence: a / her / letter / Riya / grandmother. / to / wrote
  26. 26.Make a sentence: diyas / We / night. / lit / Diwali / on
  27. 27.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) took (b) take (c) taken
  28. 28.Make a sentence: sweets / Grandmother / for / everyone. / made
  29. 29.🏖️ What is this? (a) film (b) camera (c) beach (d) train
  30. 30.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  31. 31.Make a sentence: night. / We / Diwali / diyas / lit / on
  32. 32.Make a sentence: everyone. / sweets / Grandmother / made / for
  33. 33.Make a sentence: night. / on / Diwali / We / diyas / lit
  34. 34.Make a sentence: on / diyas / lit / Diwali / night. / We
  35. 35.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  36. 36.Make a sentence: lit / night. / diyas / on / We / Diwali
  37. 37.🚂 What is this? (a) camera (b) temple (c) film (d) train
  38. 38.Make a sentence: made / for / sweets / everyone. / Grandmother
  39. 39.Make a sentence: diyas / night. / on / lit / We / Diwali
  40. 40.🧺 What is this? (a) temple (b) sweets (c) fireworks (d) picnic

Answer key

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

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