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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 528 · 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 ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) play (b) plays (c) played
  2. 2.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) are (b) were (c) was
  3. 3.🍬 What is this? (a) film (b) sweets (c) train (d) beach
  4. 4.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  5. 5.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) go (b) went (c) goes
  6. 6.Did you ___ the film? (a) watch (b) watches (c) watched
  7. 7.I ___ my homework last night. (a) do (b) did (c) does
  8. 8.🧺 What is this? (a) temple (b) picnic (c) camera (d) beach
  9. 9.🎬 What is this? (a) film (b) camera (c) train (d) picnic
  10. 10.Make a sentence: everyone. / Grandmother / sweets / made / for
  11. 11.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  12. 12.Make a sentence: took / Jaipur. / a / to / train / We
  13. 13.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) is (b) were (c) was
  14. 14.Make a sentence: for / sweets / made / everyone. / Grandmother
  15. 15.Make a sentence: a / Riya / her / wrote / letter / to / grandmother.
  16. 16.Make a sentence: train / Jaipur. / took / a / to / We
  17. 17.✉️ What is this? (a) letter (b) train (c) sweets (d) temple
  18. 18.Make a sentence: Diwali / lit / diyas / on / night. / We
  19. 19.Make a sentence: to / train / We / a / Jaipur. / took
  20. 20.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  21. 21.Make a sentence: We / Jaipur. / took / train / a / to
  22. 22.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) makes (b) made (c) make
  23. 23.Make a sentence: a / Riya / her / wrote / to / grandmother. / letter
  24. 24.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  25. 25.Make a sentence: everyone. / sweets / made / for / Grandmother
  26. 26.Make a sentence: Grandmother / everyone. / for / made / sweets
  27. 27.Make a sentence: lit / night. / Diwali / diyas / We / on
  28. 28.🚂 What is this? (a) diya (b) letter (c) sweets (d) train
  29. 29.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) taken (b) took (c) take
  30. 30.Make a sentence: a / to / train / We / Jaipur. / took
  31. 31.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) was (b) were (c) are
  32. 32.Make a sentence: Diwali / lit / We / diyas / on / night.
  33. 33.Make a sentence: for / Grandmother / made / everyone. / sweets
  34. 34.Make a sentence: to / Riya / her / wrote / letter / grandmother. / a
  35. 35.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  36. 36.Make a sentence: Diwali / lit / We / on / night. / diyas
  37. 37.Make a sentence: wrote / letter / a / her / grandmother. / Riya / to
  38. 38.Make a sentence: a / train / We / Jaipur. / to / took
  39. 39.Make a sentence: made / everyone. / for / Grandmother / sweets
  40. 40.🛕 What is this? (a) train (b) beach (c) film (d) temple

Answer key

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

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