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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 481 · 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.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) goes (b) went (c) go
  2. 2.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) are (b) were (c) was
  3. 3.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) play (b) played (c) plays
  4. 4.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  5. 5.Make a sentence: grandmother. / her / to / Riya / wrote / letter / a
  6. 6.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) made (b) makes (c) make
  7. 7.Make a sentence: Diwali / We / on / lit / diyas / night.
  8. 8.🎆 What is this? (a) picnic (b) letter (c) fireworks (d) temple
  9. 9.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  10. 10.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.
  11. 11.🚂 What is this? (a) picnic (b) letter (c) train (d) beach
  12. 12.I ___ my homework last night. (a) do (b) does (c) did
  13. 13.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  14. 14.Make a sentence: for / everyone. / sweets / made / Grandmother
  15. 15.Make a sentence: Riya / to / her / letter / grandmother. / a / wrote
  16. 16.Did you ___ the film? (a) watch (b) watches (c) watched
  17. 17.Make a sentence: lit / Diwali / night. / on / We / diyas
  18. 18.🍬 What is this? (a) camera (b) picnic (c) diya (d) sweets
  19. 19.Make a sentence: on / night. / We / Diwali / diyas / lit
  20. 20.Make a sentence: to / wrote / her / grandmother. / letter / a / Riya
  21. 21.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) were (b) was (c) is
  22. 22.Make a sentence: made / Grandmother / sweets / for / everyone.
  23. 23.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  24. 24.Make a sentence: took / to / a / Jaipur. / We / train
  25. 25.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) taken (b) take (c) took
  26. 26.Make a sentence: sweets / made / Grandmother / for / everyone.
  27. 27.📷 What is this? (a) letter (b) picnic (c) camera (d) fireworks
  28. 28.Make a sentence: night. / on / lit / Diwali / diyas / We
  29. 29.Make a sentence: diyas / Diwali / lit / night. / We / on
  30. 30.Make a sentence: on / diyas / night. / Diwali / lit / We
  31. 31.Make a sentence: sweets / for / Grandmother / everyone. / made
  32. 32.Make a sentence: a / Jaipur. / to / We / train / took
  33. 33.Make a sentence: We / Jaipur. / train / took / to / a
  34. 34.🎬 What is this? (a) picnic (b) fireworks (c) temple (d) film
  35. 35.🛕 What is this? (a) letter (b) film (c) diya (d) temple
  36. 36.Make a sentence: Diwali / on / night. / lit / We / diyas
  37. 37.Make a sentence: on / diyas / Diwali / night. / lit / We
  38. 38.✉️ What is this? (a) beach (b) letter (c) sweets (d) fireworks
  39. 39.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  40. 40.Make a sentence: took / a / We / to / train / Jaipur.

Answer key

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

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