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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 167 · 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.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) was (b) are (c) were
  2. 2.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  3. 3.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / took / train / a / to / We
  4. 4.Make a sentence: lit / Diwali / diyas / on / We / night.
  5. 5.🚂 What is this? (a) train (b) film (c) picnic (d) sweets
  6. 6.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) played (b) play (c) plays
  7. 7.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) were (b) was (c) is
  8. 8.✉️ What is this? (a) diya (b) letter (c) train (d) film
  9. 9.🧺 What is this? (a) picnic (b) beach (c) train (d) temple
  10. 10.Make a sentence: night. / Diwali / We / lit / diyas / on
  11. 11.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) makes (b) make (c) made
  12. 12.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) go (b) went (c) goes
  13. 13.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  14. 14.Make a sentence: made / Grandmother / for / everyone. / sweets
  15. 15.Make a sentence: We / lit / on / night. / Diwali / diyas
  16. 16.Make a sentence: train / We / to / a / Jaipur. / took
  17. 17.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  18. 18.🍬 What is this? (a) camera (b) beach (c) picnic (d) sweets
  19. 19.I ___ my homework last night. (a) does (b) did (c) do
  20. 20.🛕 What is this? (a) picnic (b) camera (c) temple (d) letter
  21. 21.Make a sentence: to / Jaipur. / took / We / a / train
  22. 22.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  23. 23.🪔 What is this? (a) letter (b) picnic (c) sweets (d) diya
  24. 24.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) take (b) taken (c) took
  25. 25.Make a sentence: grandmother. / letter / to / her / Riya / wrote / a
  26. 26.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  27. 27.Make a sentence: a / train / to / We / took / Jaipur.
  28. 28.Make a sentence: Diwali / night. / lit / on / diyas / We
  29. 29.Make a sentence: a / her / grandmother. / Riya / letter / wrote / to
  30. 30.🏖️ What is this? (a) film (b) letter (c) picnic (d) beach
  31. 31.📷 What is this? (a) beach (b) camera (c) train (d) fireworks
  32. 32.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  33. 33.Did you ___ the film? (a) watches (b) watch (c) watched
  34. 34.Make a sentence: train / to / a / Jaipur. / took / We
  35. 35.Make a sentence: grandmother. / wrote / to / a / Riya / her / letter
  36. 36.Make a sentence: diyas / Diwali / We / on / night. / lit
  37. 37.Make a sentence: night. / lit / on / diyas / We / Diwali
  38. 38.Make a sentence: Grandmother / made / everyone. / sweets / for
  39. 39.Make a sentence: letter / a / her / wrote / grandmother. / to / Riya
  40. 40.Make a sentence: everyone. / sweets / Grandmother / for / made

Answer key

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

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