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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 638 · 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.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) took (b) taken (c) take
  3. 3.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  4. 4.I ___ my homework last night. (a) do (b) did (c) does
  5. 5.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  6. 6.Make a sentence: night. / diyas / Diwali / lit / We / on
  7. 7.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) went (b) go (c) goes
  8. 8.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  9. 9.🎆 What is this? (a) picnic (b) camera (c) fireworks (d) letter
  10. 10.Make a sentence: everyone. / made / Grandmother / sweets / for
  11. 11.Make a sentence: lit / diyas / Diwali / night. / on / We
  12. 12.Make a sentence: made / Grandmother / sweets / everyone. / for
  13. 13.🎬 What is this? (a) diya (b) letter (c) film (d) train
  14. 14.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  15. 15.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) makes (b) made (c) make
  16. 16.Make a sentence: wrote / a / her / letter / Riya / to / grandmother.
  17. 17.Make a sentence: her / grandmother. / letter / to / wrote / Riya / a
  18. 18.Make a sentence: to / her / a / wrote / Riya / letter / grandmother.
  19. 19.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) were (b) was (c) are
  20. 20.Make a sentence: sweets / everyone. / Grandmother / for / made
  21. 21.🧺 What is this? (a) diya (b) sweets (c) picnic (d) letter
  22. 22.Did you ___ the film? (a) watches (b) watch (c) watched
  23. 23.📷 What is this? (a) fireworks (b) camera (c) train (d) diya
  24. 24.Make a sentence: to / train / took / We / a / Jaipur.
  25. 25.Make a sentence: lit / on / Diwali / diyas / night. / We
  26. 26.Make a sentence: Riya / her / grandmother. / a / letter / to / wrote
  27. 27.Make a sentence: took / Jaipur. / train / to / a / We
  28. 28.Make a sentence: on / Diwali / diyas / We / lit / night.
  29. 29.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) played (b) plays (c) play
  30. 30.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) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  31. 31.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  32. 32.Make a sentence: made / everyone. / sweets / Grandmother / for
  33. 33.Make a sentence: night. / diyas / on / Diwali / We / lit
  34. 34.I ___ my homework last night. (a) does (b) did (c) do
  35. 35.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / We / to / a / took / train
  36. 36.Make a sentence: letter / to / her / grandmother. / a / wrote / Riya
  37. 37.Make a sentence: Diwali / lit / We / night. / on / diyas
  38. 38.Make a sentence: wrote / Riya / her / grandmother. / a / letter / to
  39. 39.Make a sentence: letter / a / wrote / to / Riya / her / grandmother.
  40. 40.🪔 What is this? (a) temple (b) film (c) sweets (d) diya

Answer key

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

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