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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 98 · 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) watched (c) watches
  2. 2.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) play (b) played (c) plays
  3. 3.I ___ my homework last night. (a) did (b) do (c) does
  4. 4.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) took (b) take (c) taken
  5. 5.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  6. 6.🎬 What is this? (a) film (b) letter (c) diya (d) picnic
  7. 7.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  8. 8.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  9. 9.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) is (b) were (c) was
  10. 10.✉️ What is this? (a) train (b) picnic (c) letter (d) camera
  11. 11.Make a sentence: on / night. / lit / diyas / Diwali / We
  12. 12.🎆 What is this? (a) fireworks (b) camera (c) beach (d) letter
  13. 13.Make a sentence: made / for / Grandmother / everyone. / sweets
  14. 14.Make a sentence: letter / wrote / a / her / grandmother. / to / Riya
  15. 15.📷 What is this? (a) picnic (b) beach (c) camera (d) train
  16. 16.🍬 What is this? (a) picnic (b) train (c) sweets (d) camera
  17. 17.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  18. 18.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  19. 19.🪔 What is this? (a) picnic (b) sweets (c) train (d) diya
  20. 20.Make a sentence: took / train / a / to / We / Jaipur.
  21. 21.Make a sentence: made / everyone. / for / Grandmother / sweets
  22. 22.🚂 What is this? (a) temple (b) camera (c) film (d) train
  23. 23.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) are (b) was (c) were
  24. 24.Make a sentence: grandmother. / Riya / to / letter / wrote / a / her
  25. 25.Make a sentence: everyone. / Grandmother / made / for / sweets
  26. 26.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.
  27. 27.Make a sentence: lit / on / Diwali / night. / diyas / We
  28. 28.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) goes (b) went (c) go
  29. 29.Make a sentence: made / everyone. / Grandmother / sweets / for
  30. 30.Make a sentence: diyas / Diwali / night. / on / lit / We
  31. 31.Make a sentence: Grandmother / for / made / everyone. / sweets
  32. 32.Make a sentence: train / We / a / Jaipur. / to / took
  33. 33.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) made (b) make (c) makes
  34. 34.🏖️ What is this? (a) diya (b) camera (c) beach (d) temple
  35. 35.Make a sentence: wrote / to / a / grandmother. / her / letter / Riya
  36. 36.Make a sentence: a / train / took / Jaipur. / We / to
  37. 37.Make a sentence: We / night. / diyas / on / lit / Diwali
  38. 38.Make a sentence: sweets / made / Grandmother / everyone. / for
  39. 39.Make a sentence: her / a / letter / grandmother. / to / wrote / Riya
  40. 40.Make a sentence: grandmother. / her / to / a / Riya / letter / wrote

Answer key

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

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