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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 560 · 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) played (c) plays
  2. 2.I ___ my homework last night. (a) did (b) do (c) does
  3. 3.🏖️ What is this? (a) diya (b) beach (c) fireworks (d) camera
  4. 4.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  5. 5.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) goes (b) go (c) went
  6. 6.Make a sentence: sweets / Grandmother / for / made / everyone.
  7. 7.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) were (b) is (c) was
  8. 8.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) made (b) makes (c) make
  9. 9.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) take (b) took (c) taken
  10. 10.Make a sentence: lit / We / on / diyas / Diwali / night.
  11. 11.Make a sentence: lit / diyas / Diwali / We / on / night.
  12. 12.✉️ What is this? (a) train (b) film (c) picnic (d) letter
  13. 13.🍬 What is this? (a) diya (b) picnic (c) sweets (d) beach
  14. 14.Make a sentence: sweets / for / everyone. / made / Grandmother
  15. 15.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  16. 16.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  17. 17.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  18. 18.Make a sentence: letter / wrote / to / a / her / grandmother. / Riya
  19. 19.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  20. 20.Make a sentence: made / everyone. / sweets / Grandmother / for
  21. 21.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  22. 22.Make a sentence: letter / to / a / her / wrote / grandmother. / Riya
  23. 23.Make a sentence: to / Jaipur. / a / train / We / took
  24. 24.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) were (b) are (c) was
  25. 25.Make a sentence: sweets / everyone. / made / Grandmother / for
  26. 26.Make a sentence: We / train / a / took / Jaipur. / to
  27. 27.Make a sentence: her / grandmother. / to / wrote / a / letter / Riya
  28. 28.Did you ___ the film? (a) watch (b) watches (c) watched
  29. 29.🧺 What is this? (a) train (b) sweets (c) picnic (d) beach
  30. 30.🛕 What is this? (a) train (b) diya (c) letter (d) temple
  31. 31.Make a sentence: a / to / grandmother. / wrote / Riya / her / letter
  32. 32.Make a sentence: a / wrote / grandmother. / to / her / Riya / letter
  33. 33.Make a sentence: night. / lit / We / diyas / on / Diwali
  34. 34.🪔 What is this? (a) diya (b) film (c) camera (d) picnic
  35. 35.🚂 What is this? (a) diya (b) beach (c) sweets (d) train
  36. 36.Make a sentence: sweets / Grandmother / everyone. / made / for
  37. 37.Make a sentence: lit / on / diyas / We / Diwali / night.
  38. 38.Make a sentence: Riya / a / to / grandmother. / her / wrote / letter
  39. 39.🎬 What is this? (a) film (b) letter (c) beach (d) fireworks
  40. 40.Make a sentence: a / wrote / letter / to / her / Riya / grandmother.

Answer key

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

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