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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 61 · 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.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  2. 2.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) is (b) was (c) were
  3. 3.Make a sentence: a / Riya / to / grandmother. / letter / wrote / her
  4. 4.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) were (b) are (c) was
  5. 5.🪔 What is this? (a) diya (b) picnic (c) fireworks (d) train
  6. 6.I ___ my homework last night. (a) does (b) do (c) did
  7. 7.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  8. 8.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  9. 9.Make a sentence: for / made / everyone. / sweets / Grandmother
  10. 10.🍬 What is this? (a) letter (b) film (c) sweets (d) fireworks
  11. 11.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) play (b) plays (c) played
  12. 12.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) goes (b) go (c) went
  13. 13.Make a sentence: lit / on / We / diyas / Diwali / night.
  14. 14.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) makes (b) made (c) make
  15. 15.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  16. 16.Make a sentence: for / everyone. / made / sweets / Grandmother
  17. 17.Make a sentence: a / took / We / train / to / Jaipur.
  18. 18.Make a sentence: diyas / on / night. / We / lit / Diwali
  19. 19.Make a sentence: Riya / a / grandmother. / wrote / letter / her / to
  20. 20.Make a sentence: sweets / Grandmother / everyone. / for / made
  21. 21.Did you ___ the film? (a) watched (b) watch (c) watches
  22. 22.🎬 What is this? (a) film (b) sweets (c) temple (d) beach
  23. 23.Make a sentence: Riya / to / her / letter / grandmother. / a / wrote
  24. 24.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  25. 25.Make a sentence: sweets / for / Grandmother / made / everyone.
  26. 26.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) take (b) took (c) taken
  27. 27.Make a sentence: night. / lit / Diwali / on / diyas / We
  28. 28.Make a sentence: sweets / everyone. / made / Grandmother / for
  29. 29.Make a sentence: on / night. / lit / We / Diwali / diyas
  30. 30.Make a sentence: night. / diyas / lit / Diwali / on / We
  31. 31.Make a sentence: made / Grandmother / for / everyone. / sweets
  32. 32.Make a sentence: a / wrote / Riya / letter / grandmother. / her / to
  33. 33.✉️ What is this? (a) beach (b) train (c) temple (d) letter
  34. 34.🎆 What is this? (a) fireworks (b) diya (c) letter (d) camera
  35. 35.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  36. 36.Make a sentence: everyone. / Grandmother / for / made / sweets
  37. 37.Make a sentence: Riya / to / a / her / letter / wrote / grandmother.
  38. 38.Make a sentence: lit / night. / We / diyas / Diwali / on
  39. 39.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) was (b) were (c) are
  40. 40.Make a sentence: lit / on / night. / We / Diwali / diyas

Answer key

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

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