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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 512 · 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.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) was (b) were (c) is
  2. 2.Did you ___ the film? (a) watch (b) watched (c) watches
  3. 3.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) taken (b) take (c) took
  4. 4.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) made (b) make (c) makes
  5. 5.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) were (b) was (c) are
  6. 6.Make a sentence: Diwali / on / diyas / We / lit / night.
  7. 7.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) go (b) goes (c) went
  8. 8.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  9. 9.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) plays (b) played (c) play
  10. 10.Make a sentence: wrote / to / letter / her / grandmother. / Riya / a
  11. 11.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  12. 12.Make a sentence: wrote / her / letter / grandmother. / a / to / Riya
  13. 13.I ___ my homework last night. (a) did (b) do (c) does
  14. 14.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  15. 15.Make a sentence: took / train / to / Jaipur. / a / We
  16. 16.Make a sentence: night. / We / diyas / lit / Diwali / on
  17. 17.Make a sentence: her / to / grandmother. / a / wrote / Riya / letter
  18. 18.Make a sentence: night. / lit / Diwali / diyas / We / on
  19. 19.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  20. 20.Make a sentence: everyone. / Grandmother / sweets / made / for
  21. 21.Make a sentence: sweets / everyone. / Grandmother / made / for
  22. 22.Make a sentence: grandmother. / wrote / a / letter / Riya / to / her
  23. 23.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / We / train / to / took / a
  24. 24.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  25. 25.Make a sentence: for / made / sweets / Grandmother / everyone.
  26. 26.Make a sentence: night. / on / Diwali / lit / We / diyas
  27. 27.Make a sentence: sweets / made / Grandmother / for / everyone.
  28. 28.🚂 What is this? (a) train (b) fireworks (c) sweets (d) beach
  29. 29.🏖️ What is this? (a) diya (b) picnic (c) fireworks (d) beach
  30. 30.🛕 What is this? (a) picnic (b) camera (c) diya (d) temple
  31. 31.Make a sentence: a / wrote / her / Riya / grandmother. / to / letter
  32. 32.🎬 What is this? (a) letter (b) diya (c) temple (d) film
  33. 33.Make a sentence: letter / her / to / Riya / grandmother. / wrote / a
  34. 34.Make a sentence: diyas / Diwali / night. / on / lit / We
  35. 35.Make a sentence: her / wrote / letter / to / a / grandmother. / Riya
  36. 36.Make a sentence: Diwali / diyas / on / We / lit / night.
  37. 37.Make a sentence: lit / Diwali / on / We / diyas / night.
  38. 38.🍬 What is this? (a) beach (b) sweets (c) temple (d) letter
  39. 39.Make a sentence: to / a / train / We / took / Jaipur.
  40. 40.Make a sentence: wrote / letter / Riya / to / a / her / grandmother.

Answer key

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

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