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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

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

Answer key

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

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