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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

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

Answer key

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

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