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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 981 · 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) camera (b) letter (c) picnic (d) diya
  2. 2.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  3. 3.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) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  4. 4.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) go (b) went (c) goes
  5. 5.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) play (b) plays (c) played
  6. 6.🛕 What is this? (a) film (b) letter (c) fireworks (d) temple
  7. 7.Make a sentence: diyas / on / We / night. / lit / Diwali
  8. 8.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  9. 9.Make a sentence: to / Jaipur. / train / took / We / a
  10. 10.✉️ What is this? (a) sweets (b) letter (c) camera (d) film
  11. 11.Make a sentence: night. / diyas / We / lit / on / Diwali
  12. 12.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) is (b) were (c) was
  13. 13.🎬 What is this? (a) picnic (b) film (c) beach (d) camera
  14. 14.Make a sentence: letter / Riya / a / grandmother. / wrote / to / her
  15. 15.Make a sentence: sweets / made / everyone. / Grandmother / for
  16. 16.🪔 What is this? (a) temple (b) diya (c) camera (d) beach
  17. 17.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) was (b) are (c) were
  18. 18.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) took (b) take (c) taken
  19. 19.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  20. 20.I ___ my homework last night. (a) did (b) do (c) does
  21. 21.Make a sentence: train / to / We / took / a / Jaipur.
  22. 22.Make a sentence: to / We / Jaipur. / took / train / a
  23. 23.🧺 What is this? (a) picnic (b) temple (c) camera (d) train
  24. 24.Make a sentence: made / Grandmother / sweets / everyone. / for
  25. 25.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  26. 26.🚂 What is this? (a) diya (b) film (c) train (d) beach
  27. 27.🎆 What is this? (a) temple (b) fireworks (c) camera (d) film
  28. 28.Make a sentence: diyas / lit / Diwali / on / night. / We
  29. 29.Make a sentence: her / grandmother. / wrote / a / Riya / letter / to
  30. 30.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / a / to / train / We / took
  31. 31.Did you ___ the film? (a) watches (b) watch (c) watched
  32. 32.Make a sentence: letter / a / wrote / to / Riya / grandmother. / her
  33. 33.Make a sentence: to / grandmother. / Riya / her / wrote / letter / a
  34. 34.Make a sentence: Riya / to / her / letter / grandmother. / wrote / a
  35. 35.Make a sentence: train / took / a / We / to / Jaipur.
  36. 36.Make a sentence: Diwali / diyas / on / lit / night. / We
  37. 37.Make a sentence: wrote / to / letter / grandmother. / her / a / Riya
  38. 38.Make a sentence: made / Grandmother / everyone. / sweets / for
  39. 39.Make a sentence: a / We / train / to / Jaipur. / took
  40. 40.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) makes (b) made (c) make

Answer key

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

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