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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 299 · 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.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) played (b) play (c) plays
  2. 2.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) make (b) made (c) makes
  3. 3.Did you ___ the film? (a) watches (b) watched (c) watch
  4. 4.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) were (b) is (c) was
  5. 5.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  6. 6.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) are (b) were (c) was
  7. 7.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) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  8. 8.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  9. 9.🧺 What is this? (a) camera (b) film (c) sweets (d) picnic
  10. 10.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) take (b) took (c) taken
  11. 11.🪔 What is this? (a) fireworks (b) diya (c) camera (d) train
  12. 12.📷 What is this? (a) film (b) temple (c) fireworks (d) camera
  13. 13.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.
  14. 14.Make a sentence: took / train / to / Jaipur. / a / We
  15. 15.I ___ my homework last night. (a) do (b) does (c) did
  16. 16.Make a sentence: for / Grandmother / sweets / made / everyone.
  17. 17.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) went (b) go (c) goes
  18. 18.Make a sentence: Diwali / We / night. / on / lit / diyas
  19. 19.Make a sentence: wrote / letter / a / Riya / her / grandmother. / to
  20. 20.🚂 What is this? (a) train (b) diya (c) camera (d) sweets
  21. 21.Make a sentence: night. / We / Diwali / lit / diyas / on
  22. 22.🎬 What is this? (a) fireworks (b) letter (c) film (d) sweets
  23. 23.Make a sentence: lit / diyas / night. / We / Diwali / on
  24. 24.Make a sentence: night. / Diwali / diyas / We / on / lit
  25. 25.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 lit diyas on Diwali night.
  26. 26.Make a sentence: on / lit / night. / diyas / Diwali / We
  27. 27.🏖️ What is this? (a) train (b) temple (c) fireworks (d) beach
  28. 28.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  29. 29.Make a sentence: on / Diwali / We / lit / diyas / night.
  30. 30.Make a sentence: to / her / grandmother. / wrote / Riya / letter / a
  31. 31.Make a sentence: made / everyone. / for / Grandmother / sweets
  32. 32.Make a sentence: for / everyone. / Grandmother / made / sweets
  33. 33.Make a sentence: made / for / Grandmother / sweets / everyone.
  34. 34.🎆 What is this? (a) camera (b) sweets (c) diya (d) fireworks
  35. 35.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / train / took / We / to / a
  36. 36.Make a sentence: wrote / a / letter / grandmother. / Riya / to / her
  37. 37.🛕 What is this? (a) train (b) temple (c) camera (d) picnic
  38. 38.Make a sentence: her / Riya / to / a / letter / grandmother. / wrote
  39. 39.Make a sentence: diyas / on / night. / Diwali / We / lit
  40. 40.Make a sentence: to / took / a / train / Jaipur. / We

Answer key

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

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