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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 137 · 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.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) go (b) went (c) goes
  2. 2.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) were (b) was (c) is
  3. 3.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) play (b) played (c) plays
  4. 4.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  5. 5.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) was (b) are (c) were
  6. 6.Make a sentence: We / on / lit / night. / diyas / Diwali
  7. 7.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) take (b) taken (c) took
  8. 8.Make a sentence: to / a / wrote / letter / Riya / her / grandmother.
  9. 9.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  10. 10.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) made (b) makes (c) make
  11. 11.Did you ___ the film? (a) watch (b) watched (c) watches
  12. 12.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  13. 13.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / a / to / We / train / took
  14. 14.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  15. 15.Make a sentence: Riya / grandmother. / her / letter / wrote / to / a
  16. 16.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  17. 17.🎬 What is this? (a) train (b) sweets (c) temple (d) film
  18. 18.📷 What is this? (a) camera (b) beach (c) temple (d) fireworks
  19. 19.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  20. 20.🏖️ What is this? (a) letter (b) temple (c) diya (d) beach
  21. 21.Make a sentence: Diwali / lit / diyas / We / on / night.
  22. 22.✉️ What is this? (a) sweets (b) letter (c) temple (d) film
  23. 23.Make a sentence: for / sweets / everyone. / made / Grandmother
  24. 24.Make a sentence: her / Riya / a / to / letter / grandmother. / wrote
  25. 25.Make a sentence: Diwali / We / diyas / night. / on / lit
  26. 26.Make a sentence: for / sweets / Grandmother / everyone. / made
  27. 27.Make a sentence: night. / Diwali / diyas / We / on / lit
  28. 28.Make a sentence: on / Diwali / lit / We / diyas / night.
  29. 29.Make a sentence: a / We / train / Jaipur. / to / took
  30. 30.Make a sentence: sweets / everyone. / made / for / Grandmother
  31. 31.Make a sentence: on / We / Diwali / night. / lit / diyas
  32. 32.Make a sentence: grandmother. / a / to / letter / Riya / her / wrote
  33. 33.Make a sentence: to / train / took / Jaipur. / We / a
  34. 34.Make a sentence: grandmother. / letter / Riya / a / to / wrote / her
  35. 35.Make a sentence: her / a / letter / to / wrote / grandmother. / Riya
  36. 36.🛕 What is this? (a) temple (b) sweets (c) beach (d) fireworks
  37. 37.🎆 What is this? (a) sweets (b) temple (c) fireworks (d) film
  38. 38.Make a sentence: on / We / diyas / Diwali / lit / night.
  39. 39.Make a sentence: for / everyone. / Grandmother / sweets / made
  40. 40.Make a sentence: Grandmother / sweets / everyone. / made / for

Answer key

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

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