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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

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

Answer key

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

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