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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 473 · 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.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) are (b) was (c) were
  3. 3.🏖️ What is this? (a) beach (b) sweets (c) picnic (d) diya
  4. 4.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) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  5. 5.Make a sentence: We / night. / diyas / on / Diwali / lit
  6. 6.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  7. 7.🚂 What is this? (a) train (b) picnic (c) fireworks (d) camera
  8. 8.Did you ___ the film? (a) watched (b) watches (c) watch
  9. 9.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) is (b) was (c) were
  10. 10.Make a sentence: to / a / letter / her / Riya / wrote / grandmother.
  11. 11.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  12. 12.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  13. 13.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  14. 14.Make a sentence: night. / Diwali / lit / diyas / We / on
  15. 15.Make a sentence: Diwali / night. / diyas / We / on / lit
  16. 16.Make a sentence: Diwali / night. / on / lit / We / diyas
  17. 17.Make a sentence: for / sweets / Grandmother / everyone. / made
  18. 18.Make a sentence: a / train / took / Jaipur. / to / We
  19. 19.🎬 What is this? (a) diya (b) temple (c) picnic (d) film
  20. 20.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) go (b) goes (c) went
  21. 21.Make a sentence: took / Jaipur. / We / train / to / a
  22. 22.Make a sentence: grandmother. / to / letter / her / a / Riya / wrote
  23. 23.Make a sentence: grandmother. / wrote / letter / her / Riya / a / to
  24. 24.Make a sentence: made / everyone. / for / Grandmother / sweets
  25. 25.Make a sentence: Diwali / on / night. / lit / We / diyas
  26. 26.Make a sentence: on / Diwali / lit / We / diyas / night.
  27. 27.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) make (b) makes (c) made
  28. 28.I ___ my homework last night. (a) did (b) does (c) do
  29. 29.Make a sentence: everyone. / Grandmother / for / sweets / made
  30. 30.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) taken (b) take (c) took
  31. 31.Make a sentence: lit / on / night. / Diwali / We / diyas
  32. 32.🛕 What is this? (a) diya (b) temple (c) beach (d) letter
  33. 33.🧺 What is this? (a) film (b) letter (c) temple (d) picnic
  34. 34.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  35. 35.Make a sentence: night. / on / Diwali / lit / We / diyas
  36. 36.Make a sentence: We / night. / Diwali / diyas / on / lit
  37. 37.Make a sentence: took / train / to / Jaipur. / We / a
  38. 38.Make a sentence: wrote / a / Riya / her / grandmother. / to / letter
  39. 39.Make a sentence: on / diyas / Diwali / lit / We / night.
  40. 40.Make a sentence: diyas / night. / Diwali / on / lit / We

Answer key

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

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