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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

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

Answer key

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

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