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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

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

Answer key

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

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