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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 637 · 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) were (b) was (c) are
  2. 2.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) take (b) took (c) taken
  3. 3.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) made (b) make (c) makes
  4. 4.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) play (b) played (c) plays
  5. 5.Make a sentence: train / We / Jaipur. / to / a / took
  6. 6.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) goes (b) went (c) go
  7. 7.🛕 What is this? (a) fireworks (b) picnic (c) train (d) temple
  8. 8.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  9. 9.Make a sentence: letter / grandmother. / her / wrote / Riya / to / a
  10. 10.Did you ___ the film? (a) watch (b) watched (c) watches
  11. 11.Make a sentence: on / We / night. / Diwali / lit / diyas
  12. 12.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  13. 13.I ___ my homework last night. (a) does (b) do (c) did
  14. 14.Make a sentence: We / a / to / train / Jaipur. / took
  15. 15.🎆 What is this? (a) train (b) fireworks (c) film (d) diya
  16. 16.Make a sentence: night. / on / lit / Diwali / diyas / We
  17. 17.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  18. 18.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  19. 19.Make a sentence: wrote / Riya / her / grandmother. / letter / a / to
  20. 20.Make a sentence: on / night. / Diwali / diyas / We / lit
  21. 21.Make a sentence: her / letter / wrote / grandmother. / a / to / Riya
  22. 22.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  23. 23.Make a sentence: on / Diwali / We / night. / lit / diyas
  24. 24.🎬 What is this? (a) fireworks (b) diya (c) film (d) letter
  25. 25.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) were (b) is (c) was
  26. 26.Make a sentence: We / on / night. / diyas / Diwali / lit
  27. 27.🚂 What is this? (a) camera (b) picnic (c) temple (d) train
  28. 28.Make a sentence: for / sweets / Grandmother / made / everyone.
  29. 29.Make a sentence: made / for / sweets / everyone. / Grandmother
  30. 30.🏖️ What is this? (a) beach (b) picnic (c) sweets (d) temple
  31. 31.Make a sentence: to / her / grandmother. / letter / wrote / Riya / a
  32. 32.Make a sentence: to / Riya / her / grandmother. / letter / wrote / a
  33. 33.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / a / to / took / train / We
  34. 34.🧺 What is this? (a) beach (b) camera (c) diya (d) picnic
  35. 35.Make a sentence: to / grandmother. / a / wrote / Riya / letter / her
  36. 36.Make a sentence: took / We / to / Jaipur. / train / a
  37. 37.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  38. 38.Make a sentence: her / wrote / grandmother. / letter / a / to / Riya
  39. 39.Make a sentence: Riya / to / her / letter / a / grandmother. / wrote
  40. 40.Make a sentence: on / We / diyas / Diwali / lit / night.

Answer key

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

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