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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 472 · 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.Did you ___ the film? (a) watch (b) watches (c) watched
  3. 3.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) made (b) makes (c) make
  4. 4.Make a sentence: wrote / Riya / letter / grandmother. / to / her / a
  5. 5.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) were (b) was (c) are
  6. 6.Make a sentence: We / night. / lit / diyas / Diwali / on
  7. 7.Make a sentence: for / Grandmother / sweets / everyone. / made
  8. 8.Make a sentence: We / to / a / Jaipur. / train / took
  9. 9.🚂 What is this? (a) temple (b) train (c) sweets (d) picnic
  10. 10.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) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  11. 11.Make a sentence: a / We / to / Jaipur. / train / took
  12. 12.Make a sentence: grandmother. / Riya / her / a / wrote / letter / to
  13. 13.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) were (b) was (c) is
  14. 14.Make a sentence: sweets / for / Grandmother / made / everyone.
  15. 15.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  16. 16.Make a sentence: diyas / We / night. / on / lit / Diwali
  17. 17.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.
  18. 18.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  19. 19.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) taken (b) took (c) take
  20. 20.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  21. 21.🏖️ What is this? (a) picnic (b) letter (c) beach (d) camera
  22. 22.I ___ my homework last night. (a) do (b) did (c) does
  23. 23.Make a sentence: night. / lit / on / We / Diwali / diyas
  24. 24.🧺 What is this? (a) beach (b) fireworks (c) picnic (d) sweets
  25. 25.Make a sentence: We / took / a / train / Jaipur. / to
  26. 26.Make a sentence: for / sweets / made / everyone. / Grandmother
  27. 27.Make a sentence: train / to / a / Jaipur. / took / We
  28. 28.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) went (b) goes (c) go
  29. 29.🛕 What is this? (a) fireworks (b) temple (c) picnic (d) sweets
  30. 30.Make a sentence: sweets / everyone. / Grandmother / made / for
  31. 31.Make a sentence: lit / on / Diwali / night. / We / diyas
  32. 32.Make a sentence: her / grandmother. / letter / to / a / Riya / wrote
  33. 33.Make a sentence: everyone. / for / sweets / Grandmother / made
  34. 34.Make a sentence: to / took / We / train / a / Jaipur.
  35. 35.Make a sentence: a / her / grandmother. / to / wrote / Riya / letter
  36. 36.🎬 What is this? (a) camera (b) beach (c) train (d) film
  37. 37.Make a sentence: diyas / lit / Diwali / We / night. / on
  38. 38.Make a sentence: her / Riya / wrote / to / a / grandmother. / letter
  39. 39.Make a sentence: sweets / for / Grandmother / everyone. / made
  40. 40.Make a sentence: grandmother. / a / her / Riya / to / wrote / letter

Answer key

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

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