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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 411 · 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.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) are (b) was (c) were
  2. 2.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) went (b) goes (c) go
  3. 3.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  4. 4.I ___ my homework last night. (a) does (b) do (c) did
  5. 5.🛕 What is this? (a) beach (b) diya (c) temple (d) sweets
  6. 6.🪔 What is this? (a) diya (b) film (c) camera (d) beach
  7. 7.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) makes (b) make (c) made
  8. 8.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) were (b) is (c) was
  9. 9.Make a sentence: on / Diwali / night. / We / diyas / lit
  10. 10.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  11. 11.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  12. 12.Make a sentence: to / a / her / grandmother. / wrote / Riya / letter
  13. 13.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) taken (b) took (c) take
  14. 14.Make a sentence: on / night. / lit / Diwali / diyas / We
  15. 15.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  16. 16.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  17. 17.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  18. 18.Make a sentence: everyone. / sweets / made / for / Grandmother
  19. 19.Did you ___ the film? (a) watch (b) watched (c) watches
  20. 20.🏖️ What is this? (a) film (b) beach (c) fireworks (d) sweets
  21. 21.Make a sentence: lit / Diwali / night. / on / We / diyas
  22. 22.Make a sentence: Diwali / on / We / night. / lit / diyas
  23. 23.🍬 What is this? (a) camera (b) picnic (c) fireworks (d) sweets
  24. 24.Make a sentence: wrote / grandmother. / to / a / Riya / her / letter
  25. 25.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / a / train / to / We / took
  26. 26.Make a sentence: grandmother. / to / wrote / Riya / a / letter / her
  27. 27.Make a sentence: on / We / night. / lit / diyas / Diwali
  28. 28.Make a sentence: took / Jaipur. / a / to / train / We
  29. 29.Make a sentence: lit / night. / Diwali / diyas / We / on
  30. 30.Make a sentence: lit / We / diyas / on / Diwali / night.
  31. 31.Make a sentence: lit / Diwali / on / diyas / night. / We
  32. 32.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) played (b) play (c) plays
  33. 33.🎆 What is this? (a) temple (b) fireworks (c) camera (d) diya
  34. 34.Make a sentence: for / sweets / Grandmother / everyone. / made
  35. 35.✉️ What is this? (a) sweets (b) temple (c) camera (d) letter
  36. 36.Make a sentence: took / We / to / Jaipur. / a / train
  37. 37.Make a sentence: everyone. / made / for / Grandmother / sweets
  38. 38.Make a sentence: everyone. / Grandmother / for / made / sweets
  39. 39.📷 What is this? (a) beach (b) film (c) camera (d) train
  40. 40.🎬 What is this? (a) picnic (b) film (c) train (d) sweets

Answer key

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

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