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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 71 · 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) are (b) were (c) was
  2. 2.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  3. 3.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  4. 4.✉️ What is this? (a) diya (b) train (c) picnic (d) letter
  5. 5.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) take (b) took (c) taken
  6. 6.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  7. 7.🧺 What is this? (a) film (b) sweets (c) fireworks (d) picnic
  8. 8.Did you ___ the film? (a) watches (b) watched (c) watch
  9. 9.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) plays (b) played (c) play
  10. 10.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  11. 11.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) makes (b) make (c) made
  12. 12.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  13. 13.Make a sentence: We / Diwali / night. / diyas / on / lit
  14. 14.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) were (b) was (c) is
  15. 15.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) goes (b) went (c) go
  16. 16.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / to / We / train / took / a
  17. 17.Make a sentence: We / diyas / Diwali / on / lit / night.
  18. 18.I ___ my homework last night. (a) did (b) do (c) does
  19. 19.Make a sentence: We / night. / lit / diyas / Diwali / on
  20. 20.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  21. 21.Make a sentence: night. / Diwali / lit / on / We / diyas
  22. 22.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / a / We / to / train / took
  23. 23.Make a sentence: to / a / her / grandmother. / Riya / letter / wrote
  24. 24.📷 What is this? (a) fireworks (b) diya (c) camera (d) letter
  25. 25.Make a sentence: diyas / We / on / night. / lit / Diwali
  26. 26.Make a sentence: lit / diyas / Diwali / night. / We / on
  27. 27.Make a sentence: grandmother. / letter / to / wrote / her / a / Riya
  28. 28.Make a sentence: night. / diyas / on / We / lit / Diwali
  29. 29.Make a sentence: for / made / Grandmother / everyone. / sweets
  30. 30.Make a sentence: made / Grandmother / for / sweets / everyone.
  31. 31.Make a sentence: grandmother. / to / Riya / her / letter / a / wrote
  32. 32.Make a sentence: to / a / Riya / wrote / grandmother. / her / letter
  33. 33.Make a sentence: a / Riya / to / wrote / letter / her / grandmother.
  34. 34.Make a sentence: took / train / a / Jaipur. / We / to
  35. 35.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) are (b) were (c) was
  36. 36.Make a sentence: made / for / sweets / everyone. / Grandmother
  37. 37.Make a sentence: a / to / We / train / took / Jaipur.
  38. 38.Make a sentence: made / sweets / everyone. / Grandmother / for
  39. 39.Make a sentence: to / grandmother. / Riya / wrote / her / letter / a
  40. 40.Make a sentence: a / to / wrote / letter / Riya / grandmother. / her

Answer key

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

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