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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 984 · 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) letter (b) train (c) beach (d) picnic
  2. 2.Make a sentence: We / lit / Diwali / night. / diyas / on
  3. 3.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) is (b) was (c) were
  4. 4.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) played (b) play (c) plays
  5. 5.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  6. 6.🪔 What is this? (a) diya (b) beach (c) temple (d) fireworks
  7. 7.Make a sentence: a / We / took / to / train / Jaipur.
  8. 8.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.
  9. 9.Make a sentence: on / We / lit / diyas / night. / Diwali
  10. 10.I ___ my homework last night. (a) do (b) did (c) does
  11. 11.Make a sentence: lit / We / Diwali / diyas / night. / on
  12. 12.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  13. 13.Make a sentence: took / train / Jaipur. / a / to / We
  14. 14.Make a sentence: a / took / to / We / Jaipur. / train
  15. 15.Did you ___ the film? (a) watches (b) watch (c) watched
  16. 16.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  17. 17.Make a sentence: lit / on / night. / We / diyas / Diwali
  18. 18.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) take (b) taken (c) took
  19. 19.Make a sentence: made / everyone. / for / sweets / Grandmother
  20. 20.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) made (b) makes (c) make
  21. 21.Make a sentence: made / everyone. / Grandmother / sweets / for
  22. 22.Make a sentence: took / train / Jaipur. / to / a / We
  23. 23.🛕 What is this? (a) temple (b) letter (c) diya (d) film
  24. 24.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) are (b) was (c) were
  25. 25.Make a sentence: made / for / sweets / everyone. / Grandmother
  26. 26.🧺 What is this? (a) picnic (b) temple (c) fireworks (d) camera
  27. 27.Make a sentence: night. / Diwali / We / lit / on / diyas
  28. 28.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  29. 29.Make a sentence: her / Riya / wrote / letter / grandmother. / a / to
  30. 30.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  31. 31.Make a sentence: took / Jaipur. / We / train / a / to
  32. 32.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) went (b) goes (c) go
  33. 33.Make a sentence: Riya / letter / a / her / grandmother. / wrote / to
  34. 34.✉️ What is this? (a) diya (b) letter (c) fireworks (d) temple
  35. 35.🍬 What is this? (a) sweets (b) temple (c) film (d) camera
  36. 36.Make a sentence: a / Jaipur. / took / We / to / train
  37. 37.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / took / We / a / train / to
  38. 38.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) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  39. 39.Make a sentence: We / a / to / took / train / Jaipur.
  40. 40.Make a sentence: to / her / wrote / Riya / letter / grandmother. / a

Answer key

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

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