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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 983 · 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) was (b) were (c) are
  2. 2.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) taken (b) took (c) take
  3. 3.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  4. 4.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  5. 5.Make a sentence: a / took / train / to / We / Jaipur.
  6. 6.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  7. 7.Did you ___ the film? (a) watch (b) watches (c) watched
  8. 8.Make a sentence: Grandmother / made / sweets / everyone. / for
  9. 9.🎬 What is this? (a) picnic (b) film (c) fireworks (d) letter
  10. 10.Make a sentence: sweets / made / for / everyone. / Grandmother
  11. 11.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) go (b) went (c) goes
  12. 12.Make a sentence: a / took / train / We / Jaipur. / to
  13. 13.Make a sentence: took / Jaipur. / a / We / to / train
  14. 14.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  15. 15.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) is (b) was (c) were
  16. 16.Make a sentence: wrote / her / a / to / grandmother. / letter / Riya
  17. 17.Make a sentence: to / train / We / took / Jaipur. / a
  18. 18.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.
  19. 19.Make a sentence: We / night. / diyas / on / Diwali / lit
  20. 20.Make a sentence: diyas / on / Diwali / night. / We / lit
  21. 21.Make a sentence: Diwali / lit / We / night. / on / diyas
  22. 22.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  23. 23.Make a sentence: for / everyone. / sweets / made / Grandmother
  24. 24.I ___ my homework last night. (a) do (b) did (c) does
  25. 25.🏖️ What is this? (a) beach (b) temple (c) film (d) train
  26. 26.🎆 What is this? (a) fireworks (b) picnic (c) film (d) beach
  27. 27.Make a sentence: sweets / for / everyone. / Grandmother / made
  28. 28.Make a sentence: lit / Diwali / on / night. / We / diyas
  29. 29.Make a sentence: on / Diwali / diyas / lit / night. / We
  30. 30.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) plays (b) play (c) played
  31. 31.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) make (b) makes (c) made
  32. 32.📷 What is this? (a) temple (b) camera (c) fireworks (d) diya
  33. 33.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / a / We / to / train / took
  34. 34.Make a sentence: for / Grandmother / everyone. / made / sweets
  35. 35.Make a sentence: train / We / Jaipur. / took / to / a
  36. 36.Make a sentence: on / diyas / Diwali / night. / We / lit
  37. 37.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / a / to / took / We / train
  38. 38.🧺 What is this? (a) beach (b) train (c) picnic (d) camera
  39. 39.🚂 What is this? (a) fireworks (b) camera (c) temple (d) train
  40. 40.Make a sentence: everyone. / made / for / sweets / Grandmother

Answer key

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

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