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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 236 · 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.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) goes (b) go (c) went
  2. 2.Make a sentence: diyas / on / lit / We / night. / Diwali
  3. 3.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 took a train to Jaipur.
  4. 4.Make a sentence: Diwali / night. / lit / diyas / on / We
  5. 5.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  6. 6.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  7. 7.Make a sentence: made / everyone. / Grandmother / sweets / for
  8. 8.Did you ___ the film? (a) watched (b) watches (c) watch
  9. 9.Make a sentence: everyone. / for / sweets / Grandmother / made
  10. 10.Make a sentence: her / wrote / a / grandmother. / to / letter / Riya
  11. 11.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) makes (b) made (c) make
  12. 12.🚂 What is this? (a) temple (b) beach (c) train (d) letter
  13. 13.Make a sentence: everyone. / for / made / Grandmother / sweets
  14. 14.Make a sentence: lit / on / diyas / night. / We / Diwali
  15. 15.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) are (b) were (c) was
  16. 16.Make a sentence: took / train / Jaipur. / to / a / We
  17. 17.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.
  18. 18.✉️ What is this? (a) film (b) fireworks (c) letter (d) train
  19. 19.Make a sentence: made / everyone. / sweets / Grandmother / for
  20. 20.Make a sentence: letter / Riya / wrote / a / to / her / grandmother.
  21. 21.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) played (b) plays (c) play
  22. 22.Make a sentence: on / lit / night. / diyas / We / Diwali
  23. 23.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) were (b) is (c) was
  24. 24.🪔 What is this? (a) letter (b) beach (c) train (d) diya
  25. 25.Make a sentence: everyone. / for / Grandmother / sweets / made
  26. 26.🍬 What is this? (a) sweets (b) fireworks (c) film (d) temple
  27. 27.🧺 What is this? (a) film (b) picnic (c) diya (d) temple
  28. 28.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  29. 29.Make a sentence: a / her / wrote / Riya / to / letter / grandmother.
  30. 30.Make a sentence: lit / night. / We / Diwali / diyas / on
  31. 31.Make a sentence: Diwali / lit / diyas / on / night. / We
  32. 32.📷 What is this? (a) diya (b) camera (c) beach (d) fireworks
  33. 33.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) take (b) took (c) taken
  34. 34.I ___ my homework last night. (a) does (b) did (c) do
  35. 35.🏖️ What is this? (a) film (b) beach (c) temple (d) fireworks
  36. 36.Make a sentence: took / to / train / Jaipur. / We / a
  37. 37.🎆 What is this? (a) fireworks (b) diya (c) train (d) camera
  38. 38.Make a sentence: a / her / to / grandmother. / Riya / wrote / letter
  39. 39.Make a sentence: train / We / to / took / a / Jaipur.
  40. 40.Make a sentence: took / a / We / Jaipur. / train / to

Answer key

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

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