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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 286 · 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) were (c) was
  2. 2.Make a sentence: on / diyas / Diwali / night. / We / lit
  3. 3.Did you ___ the film? (a) watch (b) watches (c) watched
  4. 4.Make a sentence: night. / Diwali / We / on / diyas / lit
  5. 5.Make a sentence: wrote / a / Riya / her / to / grandmother. / letter
  6. 6.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) go (b) goes (c) went
  7. 7.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) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  8. 8.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) are (b) was (c) were
  9. 9.Make a sentence: train / a / to / We / took / Jaipur.
  10. 10.I ___ my homework last night. (a) did (b) do (c) does
  11. 11.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  12. 12.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) took (b) taken (c) take
  13. 13.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) plays (b) play (c) played
  14. 14.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  15. 15.🧺 What is this? (a) picnic (b) train (c) beach (d) diya
  16. 16.Make a sentence: made / for / Grandmother / sweets / everyone.
  17. 17.Make a sentence: on / diyas / Diwali / night. / lit / We
  18. 18.Make a sentence: to / Jaipur. / train / a / We / took
  19. 19.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) make (b) made (c) makes
  20. 20.Make a sentence: for / made / Grandmother / everyone. / sweets
  21. 21.Make a sentence: Grandmother / sweets / everyone. / made / for
  22. 22.Make a sentence: We / Diwali / on / diyas / lit / night.
  23. 23.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  24. 24.Make a sentence: for / everyone. / sweets / made / Grandmother
  25. 25.Make a sentence: a / Jaipur. / to / train / We / took
  26. 26.Make a sentence: to / her / wrote / a / letter / grandmother. / Riya
  27. 27.Make a sentence: night. / diyas / Diwali / lit / on / We
  28. 28.Make a sentence: for / sweets / made / Grandmother / everyone.
  29. 29.🚂 What is this? (a) train (b) temple (c) beach (d) film
  30. 30.Make a sentence: train / to / a / took / Jaipur. / We
  31. 31.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  32. 32.🪔 What is this? (a) beach (b) temple (c) film (d) diya
  33. 33.🍬 What is this? (a) camera (b) diya (c) sweets (d) train
  34. 34.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.
  35. 35.Make a sentence: We / to / took / a / train / Jaipur.
  36. 36.Make a sentence: We / Jaipur. / to / train / took / a
  37. 37.Make a sentence: sweets / for / Grandmother / made / everyone.
  38. 38.Make a sentence: sweets / for / Grandmother / everyone. / made
  39. 39.Make a sentence: for / sweets / Grandmother / everyone. / made
  40. 40.Make a sentence: sweets / everyone. / Grandmother / made / for

Answer key

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

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