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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 517 · 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) is (b) were (c) was
  2. 2.I ___ my homework last night. (a) did (b) does (c) do
  3. 3.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  4. 4.Make a sentence: lit / on / We / Diwali / diyas / night.
  5. 5.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) makes (b) make (c) made
  6. 6.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) are (b) was (c) were
  7. 7.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) goes (b) go (c) went
  8. 8.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) plays (b) played (c) play
  9. 9.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  10. 10.Did you ___ the film? (a) watched (b) watch (c) watches
  11. 11.Make a sentence: on / We / Diwali / night. / lit / diyas
  12. 12.Make a sentence: on / Diwali / lit / We / night. / diyas
  13. 13.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  14. 14.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  15. 15.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  16. 16.🚂 What is this? (a) train (b) fireworks (c) temple (d) film
  17. 17.Make a sentence: night. / on / We / lit / diyas / Diwali
  18. 18.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  19. 19.🎆 What is this? (a) fireworks (b) sweets (c) temple (d) letter
  20. 20.🧺 What is this? (a) sweets (b) letter (c) beach (d) picnic
  21. 21.📷 What is this? (a) diya (b) camera (c) letter (d) fireworks
  22. 22.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / We / to / a / train / took
  23. 23.Make a sentence: on / diyas / lit / night. / We / Diwali
  24. 24.Make a sentence: diyas / lit / night. / We / on / Diwali
  25. 25.Make a sentence: everyone. / sweets / Grandmother / made / for
  26. 26.Make a sentence: for / made / everyone. / Grandmother / sweets
  27. 27.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / We / took / train / a / to
  28. 28.Make a sentence: to / grandmother. / wrote / letter / her / a / Riya
  29. 29.🍬 What is this? (a) sweets (b) film (c) diya (d) letter
  30. 30.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / a / train / We / took / to
  31. 31.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) take (b) took (c) taken
  32. 32.Make a sentence: made / everyone. / for / Grandmother / sweets
  33. 33.Make a sentence: on / diyas / Diwali / night. / We / lit
  34. 34.Make a sentence: her / a / grandmother. / wrote / letter / Riya / to
  35. 35.🎬 What is this? (a) letter (b) picnic (c) film (d) sweets
  36. 36.Make a sentence: We / train / to / a / Jaipur. / took
  37. 37.Make a sentence: a / took / We / train / Jaipur. / to
  38. 38.Make a sentence: wrote / her / grandmother. / to / Riya / letter / a
  39. 39.Make a sentence: lit / Diwali / on / diyas / We / night.
  40. 40.Make a sentence: wrote / her / letter / to / grandmother. / Riya / a

Answer key

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

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