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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

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

Answer key

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

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