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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 149 · 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.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) was (b) is (c) were
  2. 2.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  3. 3.I ___ my homework last night. (a) do (b) does (c) did
  4. 4.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.
  5. 5.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) taken (b) take (c) took
  6. 6.Make a sentence: for / sweets / everyone. / made / Grandmother
  7. 7.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) plays (b) play (c) played
  8. 8.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  9. 9.🎆 What is this? (a) beach (b) temple (c) diya (d) fireworks
  10. 10.Make a sentence: diyas / on / lit / night. / Diwali / We
  11. 11.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) go (b) goes (c) went
  12. 12.Make a sentence: a / grandmother. / to / Riya / her / letter / wrote
  13. 13.Make a sentence: to / train / a / took / We / Jaipur.
  14. 14.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) makes (b) make (c) made
  15. 15.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) were (b) was (c) are
  16. 16.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  17. 17.Make a sentence: lit / Diwali / diyas / night. / We / on
  18. 18.Make a sentence: made / Grandmother / everyone. / sweets / for
  19. 19.Make a sentence: a / letter / wrote / grandmother. / her / to / Riya
  20. 20.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  21. 21.Make a sentence: train / Jaipur. / We / to / took / a
  22. 22.Make a sentence: to / wrote / Riya / grandmother. / her / letter / a
  23. 23.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  24. 24.Make a sentence: night. / lit / We / Diwali / diyas / on
  25. 25.Did you ___ the film? (a) watch (b) watched (c) watches
  26. 26.Make a sentence: We / Jaipur. / a / train / took / to
  27. 27.Make a sentence: diyas / night. / We / lit / Diwali / on
  28. 28.🪔 What is this? (a) diya (b) letter (c) sweets (d) train
  29. 29.Make a sentence: on / night. / Diwali / We / diyas / lit
  30. 30.Make a sentence: everyone. / Grandmother / for / made / sweets
  31. 31.Make a sentence: lit / on / We / Diwali / night. / diyas
  32. 32.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / to / We / a / train / took
  33. 33.Make a sentence: We / a / took / train / Jaipur. / to
  34. 34.🛕 What is this? (a) temple (b) letter (c) fireworks (d) beach
  35. 35.Make a sentence: a / train / Jaipur. / to / took / We
  36. 36.Make a sentence: night. / Diwali / lit / We / on / diyas
  37. 37.Make a sentence: train / Jaipur. / took / a / We / to
  38. 38.Make a sentence: Diwali / diyas / night. / We / lit / on
  39. 39.Make a sentence: letter / a / grandmother. / Riya / her / to / wrote
  40. 40.Make a sentence: for / everyone. / made / Grandmother / sweets

Answer key

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

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