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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 383 · 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.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.
  2. 2.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) were (b) is (c) was
  3. 3.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) took (b) take (c) taken
  4. 4.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  5. 5.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) goes (b) went (c) go
  6. 6.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) play (b) played (c) plays
  7. 7.Make a sentence: to / Riya / her / a / grandmother. / letter / wrote
  8. 8.Did you ___ the film? (a) watch (b) watched (c) watches
  9. 9.Make a sentence: Diwali / lit / We / night. / diyas / on
  10. 10.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  11. 11.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  12. 12.Make a sentence: night. / lit / diyas / Diwali / We / on
  13. 13.Make a sentence: on / Diwali / night. / diyas / We / lit
  14. 14.🧺 What is this? (a) letter (b) beach (c) train (d) picnic
  15. 15.I ___ my homework last night. (a) does (b) do (c) did
  16. 16.Make a sentence: to / train / Jaipur. / took / We / a
  17. 17.🎆 What is this? (a) train (b) beach (c) fireworks (d) camera
  18. 18.Make a sentence: for / made / everyone. / Grandmother / sweets
  19. 19.📷 What is this? (a) beach (b) picnic (c) train (d) camera
  20. 20.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) are (b) were (c) was
  21. 21.Make a sentence: sweets / for / made / everyone. / Grandmother
  22. 22.Make a sentence: diyas / Diwali / We / night. / on / lit
  23. 23.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  24. 24.Make a sentence: grandmother. / a / Riya / letter / wrote / her / to
  25. 25.Make a sentence: her / grandmother. / letter / a / Riya / to / wrote
  26. 26.Make a sentence: everyone. / for / sweets / made / Grandmother
  27. 27.Make a sentence: wrote / Riya / a / her / letter / to / grandmother.
  28. 28.Make a sentence: a / Jaipur. / to / took / We / train
  29. 29.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) makes (b) made (c) make
  30. 30.🪔 What is this? (a) train (b) film (c) letter (d) diya
  31. 31.Make a sentence: for / made / sweets / Grandmother / everyone.
  32. 32.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  33. 33.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / to / a / took / We / train
  34. 34.Make a sentence: a / We / took / to / Jaipur. / train
  35. 35.Make a sentence: Grandmother / for / sweets / made / everyone.
  36. 36.Make a sentence: We / night. / on / Diwali / lit / diyas
  37. 37.Make a sentence: grandmother. / Riya / her / to / a / letter / wrote
  38. 38.🍬 What is this? (a) beach (b) fireworks (c) sweets (d) temple
  39. 39.Make a sentence: We / night. / on / diyas / Diwali / lit
  40. 40.🚂 What is this? (a) beach (b) temple (c) train (d) fireworks

Answer key

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

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