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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 184 · 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) were (c) is
  2. 2.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) go (b) goes (c) went
  3. 3.🎆 What is this? (a) diya (b) beach (c) sweets (d) fireworks
  4. 4.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) play (b) plays (c) played
  5. 5.Make a sentence: night. / Diwali / We / diyas / lit / on
  6. 6.Did you ___ the film? (a) watched (b) watch (c) watches
  7. 7.I ___ my homework last night. (a) do (b) does (c) did
  8. 8.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) makes (b) made (c) make
  9. 9.Make a sentence: letter / wrote / a / her / to / Riya / grandmother.
  10. 10.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) was (b) were (c) are
  11. 11.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  12. 12.Make a sentence: train / Jaipur. / to / took / a / We
  13. 13.Make a sentence: letter / her / to / wrote / grandmother. / Riya / a
  14. 14.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.
  15. 15.🚂 What is this? (a) picnic (b) train (c) fireworks (d) letter
  16. 16.Make a sentence: letter / her / a / grandmother. / Riya / wrote / to
  17. 17.Make a sentence: on / lit / night. / diyas / Diwali / We
  18. 18.Make a sentence: her / letter / Riya / wrote / to / a / grandmother.
  19. 19.Make a sentence: a / train / We / took / to / Jaipur.
  20. 20.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  21. 21.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  22. 22.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) take (b) taken (c) took
  23. 23.✉️ What is this? (a) temple (b) sweets (c) picnic (d) letter
  24. 24.📷 What is this? (a) picnic (b) camera (c) train (d) sweets
  25. 25.Make a sentence: Diwali / lit / diyas / night. / We / on
  26. 26.Make a sentence: everyone. / Grandmother / sweets / made / for
  27. 27.Make a sentence: Diwali / on / We / lit / night. / diyas
  28. 28.Make a sentence: took / Jaipur. / train / a / We / to
  29. 29.Make a sentence: took / We / Jaipur. / train / to / a
  30. 30.🏖️ What is this? (a) beach (b) fireworks (c) diya (d) film
  31. 31.Make a sentence: her / letter / to / grandmother. / Riya / a / wrote
  32. 32.Make a sentence: a / We / Jaipur. / took / train / to
  33. 33.Make a sentence: took / We / a / Jaipur. / train / to
  34. 34.Make a sentence: We / Diwali / lit / night. / diyas / on
  35. 35.Make a sentence: We / night. / Diwali / lit / diyas / on
  36. 36.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  37. 37.Make a sentence: a / her / to / letter / grandmother. / Riya / wrote
  38. 38.Make a sentence: on / Diwali / night. / We / lit / diyas
  39. 39.Make a sentence: Riya / her / a / to / wrote / grandmother. / letter
  40. 40.Make a sentence: train / took / a / We / to / Jaipur.

Answer key

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

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