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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

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

Answer key

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

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