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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 479 · 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) were (c) was
  2. 2.I ___ my homework last night. (a) do (b) does (c) did
  3. 3.Make a sentence: a / her / to / letter / Riya / grandmother. / wrote
  4. 4.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  5. 5.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) go (b) goes (c) went
  6. 6.Make a sentence: her / to / grandmother. / wrote / letter / Riya / a
  7. 7.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) Last week, we went to the beach.
  8. 8.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  9. 9.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) took (b) taken (c) take
  10. 10.Did you ___ the film? (a) watched (b) watches (c) watch
  11. 11.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) make (b) makes (c) made
  12. 12.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  13. 13.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  14. 14.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) played (b) plays (c) play
  15. 15.📷 What is this? (a) camera (b) train (c) picnic (d) temple
  16. 16.🧺 What is this? (a) sweets (b) temple (c) camera (d) picnic
  17. 17.Make a sentence: everyone. / for / sweets / made / Grandmother
  18. 18.🏖️ What is this? (a) diya (b) fireworks (c) beach (d) picnic
  19. 19.Make a sentence: sweets / for / everyone. / made / Grandmother
  20. 20.Make a sentence: to / wrote / her / Riya / grandmother. / a / letter
  21. 21.Make a sentence: We / took / to / Jaipur. / a / train
  22. 22.Make a sentence: a / grandmother. / wrote / Riya / her / letter / to
  23. 23.Make a sentence: everyone. / for / sweets / Grandmother / made
  24. 24.Make a sentence: diyas / night. / Diwali / on / lit / We
  25. 25.✉️ What is this? (a) train (b) temple (c) sweets (d) letter
  26. 26.Make a sentence: to / We / took / a / Jaipur. / train
  27. 27.Make a sentence: to / We / a / train / Jaipur. / took
  28. 28.🛕 What is this? (a) camera (b) letter (c) fireworks (d) temple
  29. 29.Make a sentence: a / Jaipur. / We / took / train / to
  30. 30.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / to / took / train / We / a
  31. 31.Make a sentence: night. / lit / Diwali / diyas / We / on
  32. 32.Make a sentence: We / lit / diyas / night. / Diwali / on
  33. 33.Make a sentence: letter / a / grandmother. / Riya / to / her / wrote
  34. 34.Make a sentence: Diwali / on / lit / night. / diyas / We
  35. 35.Make a sentence: sweets / everyone. / Grandmother / for / made
  36. 36.Make a sentence: night. / Diwali / diyas / lit / We / on
  37. 37.Make a sentence: a / letter / Riya / her / wrote / to / grandmother.
  38. 38.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) is (b) was (c) were
  39. 39.Make a sentence: on / Diwali / lit / We / diyas / night.
  40. 40.Make a sentence: sweets / for / Grandmother / everyone. / made

Answer key

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

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