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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 538 · 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) goes (b) go (c) went
  2. 2.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  3. 3.🚂 What is this? (a) beach (b) letter (c) film (d) train
  4. 4.🎬 What is this? (a) train (b) picnic (c) beach (d) film
  5. 5.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) is (b) were (c) was
  6. 6.Did you ___ the film? (a) watched (b) watches (c) watch
  7. 7.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  8. 8.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) plays (b) played (c) play
  9. 9.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) taken (b) take (c) took
  10. 10.I ___ my homework last night. (a) does (b) did (c) do
  11. 11.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) was (b) were (c) are
  12. 12.Make a sentence: made / sweets / for / Grandmother / everyone.
  13. 13.Make a sentence: for / sweets / made / everyone. / Grandmother
  14. 14.Make a sentence: a / took / train / Jaipur. / to / We
  15. 15.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  16. 16.Make a sentence: everyone. / for / sweets / made / Grandmother
  17. 17.🧺 What is this? (a) film (b) picnic (c) sweets (d) diya
  18. 18.🎆 What is this? (a) letter (b) camera (c) fireworks (d) train
  19. 19.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  20. 20.🍬 What is this? (a) fireworks (b) camera (c) sweets (d) letter
  21. 21.Make a sentence: night. / on / We / Diwali / diyas / lit
  22. 22.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  23. 23.Make a sentence: took / to / Jaipur. / a / train / We
  24. 24.Make a sentence: for / Grandmother / everyone. / made / sweets
  25. 25.Make a sentence: on / diyas / lit / night. / We / Diwali
  26. 26.Make a sentence: on / diyas / Diwali / lit / We / night.
  27. 27.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) made (b) makes (c) make
  28. 28.Make a sentence: We / on / night. / diyas / Diwali / lit
  29. 29.Make a sentence: to / a / grandmother. / letter / Riya / her / wrote
  30. 30.🪔 What is this? (a) train (b) letter (c) diya (d) fireworks
  31. 31.Make a sentence: Grandmother / everyone. / sweets / for / made
  32. 32.Make a sentence: a / We / train / Jaipur. / to / took
  33. 33.Make a sentence: a / Jaipur. / We / took / train / to
  34. 34.🏖️ What is this? (a) film (b) beach (c) train (d) picnic
  35. 35.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) was (b) are (c) were
  36. 36.Make a sentence: to / train / We / a / Jaipur. / took
  37. 37.Make a sentence: to / Jaipur. / a / train / took / We
  38. 38.Make a sentence: to / train / Jaipur. / We / a / took
  39. 39.Make a sentence: train / to / Jaipur. / We / took / a
  40. 40.Make a sentence: a / to / Riya / letter / her / grandmother. / wrote

Answer key

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

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