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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 179 · 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) are (b) were (c) was
  2. 2.Make a sentence: for / sweets / everyone. / Grandmother / made
  3. 3.Make a sentence: a / her / grandmother. / wrote / Riya / to / letter
  4. 4.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  5. 5.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) plays (b) play (c) played
  6. 6.🎬 What is this? (a) train (b) fireworks (c) camera (d) film
  7. 7.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) was (b) is (c) were
  8. 8.Make a sentence: Diwali / diyas / We / night. / on / lit
  9. 9.Make a sentence: a / letter / Riya / her / to / grandmother. / wrote
  10. 10.Make a sentence: grandmother. / wrote / to / Riya / letter / her / a
  11. 11.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  12. 12.Make a sentence: took / to / We / a / Jaipur. / train
  13. 13.I ___ my homework last night. (a) does (b) do (c) did
  14. 14.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  15. 15.Make a sentence: letter / a / to / wrote / Riya / grandmother. / her
  16. 16.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  17. 17.🍬 What is this? (a) beach (b) train (c) sweets (d) camera
  18. 18.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) taken (b) took (c) take
  19. 19.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) go (b) went (c) goes
  20. 20.Make a sentence: letter / a / grandmother. / Riya / her / wrote / to
  21. 21.Make a sentence: Riya / wrote / a / to / her / letter / grandmother.
  22. 22.📷 What is this? (a) picnic (b) camera (c) sweets (d) temple
  23. 23.Did you ___ the film? (a) watches (b) watch (c) watched
  24. 24.🚂 What is this? (a) temple (b) train (c) fireworks (d) camera
  25. 25.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) make (b) makes (c) made
  26. 26.Make a sentence: on / diyas / lit / Diwali / night. / We
  27. 27.🛕 What is this? (a) letter (b) temple (c) fireworks (d) diya
  28. 28.🏖️ What is this? (a) train (b) beach (c) camera (d) film
  29. 29.Make a sentence: a / took / train / We / to / Jaipur.
  30. 30.Make a sentence: Diwali / night. / We / on / diyas / lit
  31. 31.Make a sentence: on / diyas / We / Diwali / night. / lit
  32. 32.Make a sentence: Riya / to / letter / grandmother. / her / wrote / a
  33. 33.Make a sentence: Grandmother / for / everyone. / sweets / made
  34. 34.Make a sentence: Grandmother / everyone. / for / made / sweets
  35. 35.Make a sentence: everyone. / sweets / for / Grandmother / made
  36. 36.Make a sentence: made / for / sweets / Grandmother / everyone.
  37. 37.Make a sentence: We / train / to / Jaipur. / took / a
  38. 38.Make a sentence: Diwali / on / lit / We / night. / diyas
  39. 39.Make a sentence: for / sweets / made / Grandmother / everyone.
  40. 40.Make a sentence: diyas / lit / night. / on / Diwali / We

Answer key

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

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