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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 521 · 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) go (b) went (c) goes
  2. 2.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) plays (b) play (c) played
  3. 3.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  4. 4.I ___ my homework last night. (a) does (b) did (c) do
  5. 5.Make a sentence: wrote / to / Riya / grandmother. / a / her / letter
  6. 6.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  7. 7.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) were (b) was (c) is
  8. 8.✉️ What is this? (a) letter (b) camera (c) diya (d) train
  9. 9.Make a sentence: a / wrote / to / letter / Riya / grandmother. / her
  10. 10.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / a / took / We / to / train
  11. 11.Make a sentence: a / to / grandmother. / letter / Riya / wrote / her
  12. 12.Make a sentence: night. / lit / We / on / diyas / Diwali
  13. 13.Make a sentence: Grandmother / sweets / for / everyone. / made
  14. 14.🚂 What is this? (a) picnic (b) train (c) beach (d) fireworks
  15. 15.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  16. 16.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  17. 17.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) makes (b) make (c) made
  18. 18.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  19. 19.Make a sentence: took / train / to / We / a / Jaipur.
  20. 20.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  21. 21.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) taken (b) take (c) took
  22. 22.Make a sentence: a / train / We / Jaipur. / to / took
  23. 23.🛕 What is this? (a) sweets (b) fireworks (c) temple (d) diya
  24. 24.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) was (b) were (c) are
  25. 25.Make a sentence: everyone. / made / for / Grandmother / sweets
  26. 26.🎬 What is this? (a) camera (b) letter (c) train (d) film
  27. 27.🎆 What is this? (a) camera (b) fireworks (c) picnic (d) letter
  28. 28.Make a sentence: We / Diwali / diyas / night. / on / lit
  29. 29.🍬 What is this? (a) camera (b) picnic (c) sweets (d) diya
  30. 30.Make a sentence: a / Jaipur. / took / train / We / to
  31. 31.Did you ___ the film? (a) watched (b) watch (c) watches
  32. 32.🪔 What is this? (a) temple (b) diya (c) fireworks (d) sweets
  33. 33.Make a sentence: lit / We / diyas / on / Diwali / night.
  34. 34.Make a sentence: diyas / night. / Diwali / lit / We / on
  35. 35.Make a sentence: to / took / Jaipur. / a / train / We
  36. 36.🧺 What is this? (a) beach (b) picnic (c) train (d) film
  37. 37.Make a sentence: a / her / to / wrote / Riya / letter / grandmother.
  38. 38.Make a sentence: letter / Riya / her / grandmother. / to / a / wrote
  39. 39.Make a sentence: sweets / made / Grandmother / for / everyone.
  40. 40.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / We / to / took / a / train

Answer key

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

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