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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 366 · 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) went (c) go
  2. 2.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) were (b) is (c) was
  3. 3.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  4. 4.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) were (b) are (c) was
  5. 5.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  6. 6.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  7. 7.I ___ my homework last night. (a) does (b) do (c) did
  8. 8.Make a sentence: sweets / for / Grandmother / everyone. / made
  9. 9.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) take (b) taken (c) took
  10. 10.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) played (b) play (c) plays
  11. 11.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  12. 12.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  13. 13.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  14. 14.Make a sentence: a / wrote / Riya / letter / to / grandmother. / her
  15. 15.Make a sentence: diyas / lit / on / Diwali / We / night.
  16. 16.🚂 What is this? (a) picnic (b) fireworks (c) temple (d) train
  17. 17.Make a sentence: everyone. / Grandmother / for / made / sweets
  18. 18.Make a sentence: a / letter / Riya / wrote / her / to / grandmother.
  19. 19.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) make (b) makes (c) made
  20. 20.🍬 What is this? (a) picnic (b) fireworks (c) sweets (d) diya
  21. 21.Make a sentence: lit / We / on / night. / Diwali / diyas
  22. 22.Make a sentence: took / a / We / Jaipur. / to / train
  23. 23.🎆 What is this? (a) diya (b) letter (c) beach (d) fireworks
  24. 24.🧺 What is this? (a) picnic (b) camera (c) sweets (d) temple
  25. 25.✉️ What is this? (a) train (b) beach (c) picnic (d) letter
  26. 26.Make a sentence: to / a / letter / wrote / her / grandmother. / Riya
  27. 27.Make a sentence: on / lit / Diwali / diyas / night. / We
  28. 28.Make a sentence: a / Jaipur. / took / to / train / We
  29. 29.🛕 What is this? (a) temple (b) camera (c) picnic (d) beach
  30. 30.Make a sentence: night. / diyas / on / Diwali / lit / We
  31. 31.🎬 What is this? (a) diya (b) fireworks (c) train (d) film
  32. 32.Make a sentence: her / a / to / letter / wrote / grandmother. / Riya
  33. 33.Make a sentence: a / Riya / letter / wrote / her / to / grandmother.
  34. 34.Did you ___ the film? (a) watched (b) watches (c) watch
  35. 35.🏖️ What is this? (a) beach (b) diya (c) temple (d) picnic
  36. 36.Make a sentence: train / took / a / Jaipur. / We / to
  37. 37.Make a sentence: sweets / for / made / everyone. / Grandmother
  38. 38.Make a sentence: Riya / letter / to / a / grandmother. / her / wrote
  39. 39.Make a sentence: Riya / to / grandmother. / letter / a / wrote / her
  40. 40.Make a sentence: Diwali / diyas / on / We / lit / night.

Answer key

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

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