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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 185 · 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 ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) plays (b) play (c) played
  2. 2.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) go (b) goes (c) went
  3. 3.Make a sentence: for / everyone. / sweets / Grandmother / made
  4. 4.Make a sentence: a / took / train / Jaipur. / to / We
  5. 5.I ___ my homework last night. (a) do (b) did (c) does
  6. 6.Make a sentence: night. / We / lit / on / Diwali / diyas
  7. 7.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  8. 8.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (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.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) were (b) are (c) was
  10. 10.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  11. 11.Make a sentence: Riya / grandmother. / wrote / a / to / her / letter
  12. 12.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) makes (b) made (c) make
  13. 13.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  14. 14.Did you ___ the film? (a) watches (b) watch (c) watched
  15. 15.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) took (b) take (c) taken
  16. 16.🎬 What is this? (a) diya (b) temple (c) film (d) train
  17. 17.🪔 What is this? (a) fireworks (b) diya (c) film (d) temple
  18. 18.Make a sentence: diyas / on / lit / We / night. / Diwali
  19. 19.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  20. 20.Make a sentence: grandmother. / a / her / wrote / Riya / to / letter
  21. 21.Make a sentence: took / train / Jaipur. / to / a / We
  22. 22.Make a sentence: her / wrote / a / Riya / grandmother. / letter / to
  23. 23.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  24. 24.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) were (b) was (c) is
  25. 25.🛕 What is this? (a) temple (b) picnic (c) camera (d) diya
  26. 26.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / took / train / to / a / We
  27. 27.Make a sentence: everyone. / made / Grandmother / for / sweets
  28. 28.Make a sentence: for / everyone. / made / Grandmother / sweets
  29. 29.🎆 What is this? (a) camera (b) film (c) letter (d) fireworks
  30. 30.Make a sentence: letter / grandmother. / a / to / wrote / Riya / her
  31. 31.Make a sentence: letter / to / grandmother. / her / Riya / a / wrote
  32. 32.Make a sentence: diyas / We / on / lit / night. / Diwali
  33. 33.Make a sentence: We / on / night. / lit / Diwali / diyas
  34. 34.Make a sentence: a / to / grandmother. / wrote / her / letter / Riya
  35. 35.Make a sentence: a / to / Jaipur. / train / took / We
  36. 36.Make a sentence: to / took / We / a / train / Jaipur.
  37. 37.✉️ What is this? (a) letter (b) train (c) camera (d) picnic
  38. 38.Make a sentence: a / to / train / Jaipur. / We / took
  39. 39.🚂 What is this? (a) camera (b) train (c) letter (d) diya
  40. 40.🧺 What is this? (a) picnic (b) film (c) temple (d) letter

Answer key

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

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