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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 331 · 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.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) are (b) was (c) were
  2. 2.🛕 What is this? (a) diya (b) picnic (c) temple (d) beach
  3. 3.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) were (b) is (c) was
  4. 4.Make a sentence: wrote / letter / to / grandmother. / a / Riya / her
  5. 5.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) plays (b) played (c) play
  6. 6.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 lit diyas on Diwali night.
  7. 7.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  8. 8.Make a sentence: grandmother. / a / letter / to / wrote / her / Riya
  9. 9.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) made (b) make (c) makes
  10. 10.🍬 What is this? (a) train (b) sweets (c) fireworks (d) temple
  11. 11.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  12. 12.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  13. 13.Make a sentence: sweets / everyone. / for / made / Grandmother
  14. 14.Did you ___ the film? (a) watched (b) watches (c) watch
  15. 15.Make a sentence: diyas / on / Diwali / night. / lit / We
  16. 16.Make a sentence: a / train / to / took / Jaipur. / We
  17. 17.Make a sentence: everyone. / sweets / Grandmother / made / for
  18. 18.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  19. 19.🎬 What is this? (a) fireworks (b) film (c) diya (d) beach
  20. 20.Make a sentence: her / grandmother. / letter / a / to / wrote / Riya
  21. 21.Make a sentence: wrote / to / a / her / letter / Riya / grandmother.
  22. 22.Make a sentence: her / to / Riya / wrote / grandmother. / letter / a
  23. 23.I ___ my homework last night. (a) do (b) does (c) did
  24. 24.Make a sentence: diyas / night. / Diwali / lit / We / on
  25. 25.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  26. 26.Make a sentence: made / everyone. / for / Grandmother / sweets
  27. 27.Make a sentence: on / We / night. / diyas / Diwali / lit
  28. 28.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) goes (b) went (c) go
  29. 29.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) take (b) taken (c) took
  30. 30.🪔 What is this? (a) diya (b) train (c) sweets (d) temple
  31. 31.Make a sentence: sweets / made / for / everyone. / Grandmother
  32. 32.Make a sentence: diyas / We / night. / Diwali / on / lit
  33. 33.Make a sentence: Diwali / night. / on / We / lit / diyas
  34. 34.🎆 What is this? (a) sweets (b) picnic (c) fireworks (d) camera
  35. 35.Make a sentence: night. / diyas / Diwali / on / lit / We
  36. 36.Make a sentence: sweets / made / everyone. / Grandmother / for
  37. 37.🏖️ What is this? (a) camera (b) letter (c) sweets (d) beach
  38. 38.🧺 What is this? (a) diya (b) beach (c) fireworks (d) picnic
  39. 39.Make a sentence: sweets / Grandmother / for / everyone. / made
  40. 40.Make a sentence: wrote / Riya / letter / her / to / grandmother. / a

Answer key

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

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