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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 487 · 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 ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) take (b) taken (c) took
  2. 2.Did you ___ the film? (a) watches (b) watch (c) watched
  3. 3.Make a sentence: on / We / night. / diyas / Diwali / lit
  4. 4.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  5. 5.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) are (b) were (c) was
  6. 6.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) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  7. 7.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  8. 8.I ___ my homework last night. (a) did (b) does (c) do
  9. 9.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) played (b) play (c) plays
  10. 10.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  11. 11.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) goes (b) went (c) go
  12. 12.Make a sentence: a / took / We / train / Jaipur. / to
  13. 13.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) were (b) is (c) was
  14. 14.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  15. 15.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) makes (b) make (c) made
  16. 16.Make a sentence: grandmother. / letter / to / a / Riya / wrote / her
  17. 17.📷 What is this? (a) picnic (b) camera (c) letter (d) train
  18. 18.Make a sentence: her / wrote / grandmother. / a / Riya / letter / to
  19. 19.🛕 What is this? (a) film (b) sweets (c) temple (d) picnic
  20. 20.Make a sentence: letter / a / grandmother. / to / Riya / wrote / her
  21. 21.🚂 What is this? (a) temple (b) train (c) sweets (d) film
  22. 22.Make a sentence: a / We / Jaipur. / took / train / to
  23. 23.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  24. 24.🪔 What is this? (a) temple (b) train (c) beach (d) diya
  25. 25.Make a sentence: wrote / grandmother. / Riya / a / her / to / letter
  26. 26.Make a sentence: to / Riya / grandmother. / her / letter / wrote / a
  27. 27.🎆 What is this? (a) camera (b) picnic (c) beach (d) fireworks
  28. 28.Make a sentence: We / on / diyas / Diwali / night. / lit
  29. 29.Make a sentence: on / night. / We / lit / Diwali / diyas
  30. 30.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  31. 31.Make a sentence: everyone. / made / Grandmother / for / sweets
  32. 32.Make a sentence: on / Diwali / We / night. / lit / diyas
  33. 33.Make a sentence: sweets / for / everyone. / Grandmother / made
  34. 34.Make a sentence: Diwali / lit / on / We / diyas / night.
  35. 35.Make a sentence: sweets / made / Grandmother / everyone. / for
  36. 36.🧺 What is this? (a) fireworks (b) beach (c) picnic (d) train
  37. 37.Make a sentence: wrote / grandmother. / a / her / letter / to / Riya
  38. 38.Make a sentence: diyas / night. / We / on / Diwali / lit
  39. 39.Make a sentence: grandmother. / to / letter / wrote / her / a / Riya
  40. 40.Make a sentence: a / We / to / took / train / Jaipur.

Answer key

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

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