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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

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

Answer key

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

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