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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 546 · 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.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) are (b) was (c) were
  2. 2.Make a sentence: her / letter / wrote / to / a / Riya / grandmother.
  3. 3.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) make (b) makes (c) made
  4. 4.✉️ What is this? (a) camera (b) letter (c) beach (d) fireworks
  5. 5.🚂 What is this? (a) sweets (b) train (c) diya (d) fireworks
  6. 6.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) went (b) go (c) goes
  7. 7.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) take (b) taken (c) took
  8. 8.Make a sentence: night. / diyas / Diwali / We / on / lit
  9. 9.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  10. 10.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  11. 11.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) played (b) play (c) plays
  12. 12.Did you ___ the film? (a) watch (b) watched (c) watches
  13. 13.Make a sentence: diyas / lit / night. / on / We / Diwali
  14. 14.Make a sentence: everyone. / sweets / Grandmother / made / for
  15. 15.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) was (b) were (c) is
  16. 16.Make a sentence: lit / on / night. / Diwali / diyas / We
  17. 17.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) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  18. 18.I ___ my homework last night. (a) does (b) do (c) did
  19. 19.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  20. 20.🪔 What is this? (a) fireworks (b) diya (c) letter (d) sweets
  21. 21.Make a sentence: her / Riya / to / wrote / letter / a / grandmother.
  22. 22.Make a sentence: sweets / everyone. / for / Grandmother / made
  23. 23.Make a sentence: lit / Diwali / on / We / night. / diyas
  24. 24.Make a sentence: grandmother. / Riya / to / letter / a / wrote / her
  25. 25.Make a sentence: train / Jaipur. / a / to / We / took
  26. 26.🧺 What is this? (a) beach (b) picnic (c) sweets (d) temple
  27. 27.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  28. 28.Make a sentence: Diwali / We / on / diyas / lit / night.
  29. 29.Make a sentence: everyone. / made / Grandmother / for / sweets
  30. 30.Make a sentence: We / a / Jaipur. / took / train / to
  31. 31.🏖️ What is this? (a) train (b) beach (c) fireworks (d) picnic
  32. 32.Make a sentence: night. / diyas / Diwali / on / lit / We
  33. 33.Make a sentence: diyas / We / night. / lit / on / Diwali
  34. 34.🛕 What is this? (a) picnic (b) beach (c) temple (d) letter
  35. 35.Make a sentence: Riya / wrote / grandmother. / a / to / letter / her
  36. 36.🎆 What is this? (a) train (b) letter (c) diya (d) fireworks
  37. 37.Make a sentence: took / Jaipur. / a / train / We / to
  38. 38.Make a sentence: night. / We / diyas / on / lit / Diwali
  39. 39.Make a sentence: diyas / We / lit / night. / Diwali / on
  40. 40.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / a / to / train / took / We

Answer key

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

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