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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 519 · 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) took (c) taken
  2. 2.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) is (b) were (c) was
  3. 3.🛕 What is this? (a) sweets (b) temple (c) diya (d) train
  4. 4.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  5. 5.I ___ my homework last night. (a) did (b) does (c) do
  6. 6.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) was (b) were (c) are
  7. 7.Make a sentence: train / to / Jaipur. / took / a / We
  8. 8.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) went (b) go (c) goes
  9. 9.Make a sentence: lit / diyas / Diwali / night. / on / We
  10. 10.Make a sentence: grandmother. / to / letter / Riya / wrote / a / her
  11. 11.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  12. 12.🎆 What is this? (a) picnic (b) temple (c) fireworks (d) sweets
  13. 13.Make a sentence: sweets / everyone. / Grandmother / for / made
  14. 14.Did you ___ the film? (a) watches (b) watch (c) watched
  15. 15.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  16. 16.Make a sentence: night. / on / Diwali / We / lit / diyas
  17. 17.Make a sentence: her / Riya / a / to / letter / grandmother. / wrote
  18. 18.Make a sentence: for / sweets / Grandmother / everyone. / made
  19. 19.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  20. 20.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) played (b) plays (c) play
  21. 21.🧺 What is this? (a) fireworks (b) camera (c) diya (d) picnic
  22. 22.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  23. 23.Make a sentence: We / a / train / to / Jaipur. / took
  24. 24.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) make (b) makes (c) made
  25. 25.Make a sentence: grandmother. / letter / to / Riya / her / a / wrote
  26. 26.Make a sentence: night. / Diwali / on / We / diyas / lit
  27. 27.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  28. 28.Make a sentence: We / lit / diyas / Diwali / on / night.
  29. 29.Make a sentence: train / took / a / We / to / Jaipur.
  30. 30.🎬 What is this? (a) beach (b) film (c) letter (d) camera
  31. 31.🏖️ What is this? (a) fireworks (b) beach (c) diya (d) sweets
  32. 32.Make a sentence: diyas / We / Diwali / night. / on / lit
  33. 33.Make a sentence: a / wrote / grandmother. / Riya / her / to / letter
  34. 34.Make a sentence: lit / night. / on / We / diyas / Diwali
  35. 35.Make a sentence: for / made / Grandmother / sweets / everyone.
  36. 36.Make a sentence: wrote / her / letter / to / a / Riya / grandmother.
  37. 37.Make a sentence: We / took / a / Jaipur. / to / train
  38. 38.Make a sentence: made / sweets / everyone. / for / Grandmother
  39. 39.Make a sentence: diyas / night. / Diwali / We / lit / on
  40. 40.Make a sentence: Grandmother / sweets / made / everyone. / for

Answer key

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

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