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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 426 · 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.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  3. 3.Make a sentence: We / lit / night. / diyas / on / Diwali
  4. 4.Did you ___ the film? (a) watches (b) watch (c) watched
  5. 5.🏖️ What is this? (a) camera (b) letter (c) beach (d) diya
  6. 6.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) is (b) were (c) was
  7. 7.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  8. 8.✉️ What is this? (a) letter (b) diya (c) beach (d) film
  9. 9.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) makes (b) made (c) make
  10. 10.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  11. 11.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) go (b) went (c) goes
  12. 12.Make a sentence: train / We / to / a / took / Jaipur.
  13. 13.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) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  14. 14.Make a sentence: diyas / Diwali / night. / on / We / lit
  15. 15.Make a sentence: wrote / to / letter / Riya / a / her / grandmother.
  16. 16.🎆 What is this? (a) film (b) sweets (c) fireworks (d) camera
  17. 17.I ___ my homework last night. (a) do (b) did (c) does
  18. 18.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) taken (b) took (c) take
  19. 19.📷 What is this? (a) letter (b) temple (c) camera (d) picnic
  20. 20.🚂 What is this? (a) train (b) temple (c) letter (d) beach
  21. 21.Make a sentence: diyas / night. / Diwali / on / We / lit
  22. 22.Make a sentence: Diwali / lit / on / night. / diyas / We
  23. 23.Make a sentence: took / train / We / a / to / Jaipur.
  24. 24.Make a sentence: her / grandmother. / Riya / to / a / letter / wrote
  25. 25.🧺 What is this? (a) picnic (b) beach (c) diya (d) sweets
  26. 26.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) were (b) are (c) was
  27. 27.Make a sentence: Diwali / lit / on / diyas / We / night.
  28. 28.Make a sentence: night. / diyas / Diwali / on / We / lit
  29. 29.Make a sentence: letter / Riya / to / wrote / her / grandmother. / a
  30. 30.Make a sentence: to / her / grandmother. / Riya / a / letter / wrote
  31. 31.Make a sentence: letter / wrote / grandmother. / her / a / Riya / to
  32. 32.Make a sentence: everyone. / sweets / for / Grandmother / made
  33. 33.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / took / to / a / train / We
  34. 34.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / a / to / train / We / took
  35. 35.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.
  36. 36.Make a sentence: made / everyone. / Grandmother / for / sweets
  37. 37.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / took / a / We / to / train
  38. 38.Make a sentence: night. / on / lit / diyas / Diwali / We
  39. 39.Make a sentence: lit / diyas / Diwali / night. / on / We
  40. 40.Make a sentence: letter / a / to / her / Riya / grandmother. / wrote

Answer key

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

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