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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 56 · 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) were (b) was (c) is
  2. 2.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) go (b) goes (c) went
  3. 3.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) played (b) plays (c) play
  4. 4.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) was (b) are (c) were
  5. 5.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  6. 6.Make a sentence: grandmother. / her / to / wrote / a / letter / Riya
  7. 7.🎬 What is this? (a) temple (b) film (c) letter (d) sweets
  8. 8.Make a sentence: night. / Diwali / diyas / We / on / lit
  9. 9.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  10. 10.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) make (b) makes (c) made
  11. 11.Did you ___ the film? (a) watch (b) watches (c) watched
  12. 12.Make a sentence: sweets / Grandmother / everyone. / for / made
  13. 13.Make a sentence: wrote / letter / a / her / to / grandmother. / Riya
  14. 14.Make a sentence: grandmother. / a / wrote / Riya / her / letter / to
  15. 15.Make a sentence: a / Jaipur. / train / took / to / We
  16. 16.Make a sentence: diyas / lit / We / night. / Diwali / on
  17. 17.🧺 What is this? (a) sweets (b) camera (c) temple (d) picnic
  18. 18.Make a sentence: night. / Diwali / diyas / We / lit / on
  19. 19.Make a sentence: to / a / Riya / her / letter / wrote / grandmother.
  20. 20.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  21. 21.Make a sentence: made / for / everyone. / sweets / Grandmother
  22. 22.📷 What is this? (a) camera (b) sweets (c) fireworks (d) letter
  23. 23.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  24. 24.Make a sentence: night. / diyas / on / We / Diwali / lit
  25. 25.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  26. 26.🍬 What is this? (a) letter (b) beach (c) sweets (d) picnic
  27. 27.I ___ my homework last night. (a) do (b) did (c) does
  28. 28.🏖️ What is this? (a) picnic (b) temple (c) beach (d) camera
  29. 29.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  30. 30.Make a sentence: lit / on / We / diyas / night. / Diwali
  31. 31.Make a sentence: letter / wrote / Riya / grandmother. / to / her / a
  32. 32.Make a sentence: night. / Diwali / We / diyas / on / lit
  33. 33.Make a sentence: We / took / Jaipur. / to / a / train
  34. 34.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) took (b) taken (c) take
  35. 35.🪔 What is this? (a) train (b) picnic (c) film (d) diya
  36. 36.Make a sentence: We / diyas / lit / on / Diwali / night.
  37. 37.Make a sentence: to / wrote / Riya / her / a / letter / grandmother.
  38. 38.Make a sentence: a / letter / her / grandmother. / Riya / to / wrote
  39. 39.Make a sentence: diyas / We / night. / Diwali / lit / on
  40. 40.Make a sentence: for / everyone. / sweets / Grandmother / made

Answer key

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

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