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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 1 · 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”).

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

Answer key

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

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