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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 561 · 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 “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  3. 3.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) are (b) were (c) was
  4. 4.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) were (b) was (c) is
  5. 5.🛕 What is this? (a) sweets (b) film (c) diya (d) temple
  6. 6.Make a sentence: grandmother. / her / wrote / Riya / to / a / letter
  7. 7.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) made (b) make (c) makes
  8. 8.Did you ___ the film? (a) watched (b) watches (c) watch
  9. 9.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  10. 10.Make a sentence: to / train / Jaipur. / a / took / We
  11. 11.Make a sentence: We / lit / night. / Diwali / on / diyas
  12. 12.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.
  13. 13.Make a sentence: sweets / made / for / Grandmother / everyone.
  14. 14.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  15. 15.Make a sentence: Diwali / diyas / night. / on / We / lit
  16. 16.I ___ my homework last night. (a) do (b) does (c) did
  17. 17.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  18. 18.Make a sentence: wrote / her / a / grandmother. / to / Riya / letter
  19. 19.🎬 What is this? (a) sweets (b) picnic (c) fireworks (d) film
  20. 20.Make a sentence: diyas / night. / Diwali / We / lit / on
  21. 21.Make a sentence: Diwali / lit / diyas / night. / We / on
  22. 22.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / train / took / to / We / a
  23. 23.📷 What is this? (a) fireworks (b) camera (c) diya (d) train
  24. 24.Make a sentence: Riya / letter / a / wrote / grandmother. / her / to
  25. 25.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) played (b) plays (c) play
  26. 26.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  27. 27.Make a sentence: night. / Diwali / We / diyas / on / lit
  28. 28.Make a sentence: wrote / Riya / her / to / a / grandmother. / letter
  29. 29.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) took (b) taken (c) take
  30. 30.Make a sentence: Diwali / on / night. / We / diyas / lit
  31. 31.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / We / to / train / took / a
  32. 32.✉️ What is this? (a) film (b) sweets (c) diya (d) letter
  33. 33.Make a sentence: train / Jaipur. / We / took / a / to
  34. 34.Make a sentence: night. / diyas / lit / Diwali / We / on
  35. 35.🍬 What is this? (a) fireworks (b) temple (c) sweets (d) camera
  36. 36.Make a sentence: to / letter / Riya / grandmother. / a / her / wrote
  37. 37.Make a sentence: Grandmother / everyone. / sweets / for / made
  38. 38.Make a sentence: diyas / on / night. / lit / We / Diwali
  39. 39.Make a sentence: to / wrote / her / letter / a / grandmother. / Riya
  40. 40.Make a sentence: diyas / Diwali / on / night. / We / lit

Answer key

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

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