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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 536 · 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.🎆 What is this? (a) letter (b) fireworks (c) film (d) picnic
  3. 3.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) made (b) makes (c) make
  4. 4.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / train / We / a / took / to
  5. 5.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  6. 6.I ___ my homework last night. (a) did (b) does (c) do
  7. 7.Did you ___ the film? (a) watches (b) watched (c) watch
  8. 8.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  9. 9.Make a sentence: to / took / a / Jaipur. / We / train
  10. 10.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) took (b) taken (c) take
  11. 11.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  12. 12.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) are (b) was (c) were
  13. 13.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) play (b) played (c) plays
  14. 14.Make a sentence: to / took / Jaipur. / train / a / We
  15. 15.Make a sentence: diyas / We / lit / Diwali / night. / on
  16. 16.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  17. 17.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) went (b) go (c) goes
  18. 18.🪔 What is this? (a) letter (b) temple (c) sweets (d) diya
  19. 19.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  20. 20.🏖️ What is this? (a) temple (b) camera (c) beach (d) picnic
  21. 21.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  22. 22.🧺 What is this? (a) fireworks (b) letter (c) picnic (d) beach
  23. 23.Make a sentence: a / grandmother. / letter / her / Riya / to / wrote
  24. 24.Make a sentence: diyas / Diwali / on / night. / lit / We
  25. 25.Make a sentence: a / to / letter / her / grandmother. / wrote / Riya
  26. 26.Make a sentence: for / everyone. / sweets / Grandmother / made
  27. 27.Make a sentence: a / took / Jaipur. / We / train / to
  28. 28.Make a sentence: Riya / grandmother. / a / wrote / to / her / letter
  29. 29.✉️ What is this? (a) letter (b) camera (c) sweets (d) temple
  30. 30.Make a sentence: a / Riya / to / letter / grandmother. / her / wrote
  31. 31.🎬 What is this? (a) film (b) picnic (c) diya (d) fireworks
  32. 32.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / to / took / a / train / We
  33. 33.🚂 What is this? (a) beach (b) train (c) temple (d) camera
  34. 34.Make a sentence: made / for / Grandmother / sweets / everyone.
  35. 35.Make a sentence: to / We / a / train / Jaipur. / took
  36. 36.Make a sentence: on / night. / Diwali / diyas / We / lit
  37. 37.Make a sentence: We / on / diyas / night. / Diwali / lit
  38. 38.Make a sentence: took / a / Jaipur. / train / to / We
  39. 39.Make a sentence: diyas / night. / lit / Diwali / We / on
  40. 40.Make a sentence: wrote / grandmother. / her / a / to / Riya / letter

Answer key

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

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