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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 726 · 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) was (c) were
  2. 2.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) were (b) was (c) is
  3. 3.🎬 What is this? (a) film (b) camera (c) temple (d) train
  4. 4.Make a sentence: lit / diyas / Diwali / We / on / night.
  5. 5.🏖️ What is this? (a) letter (b) beach (c) diya (d) fireworks
  6. 6.🎆 What is this? (a) picnic (b) fireworks (c) letter (d) sweets
  7. 7.📷 What is this? (a) camera (b) temple (c) train (d) letter
  8. 8.🍬 What is this? (a) sweets (b) camera (c) temple (d) train
  9. 9.Make a sentence: took / to / a / We / Jaipur. / train
  10. 10.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  11. 11.🛕 What is this? (a) temple (b) camera (c) fireworks (d) sweets
  12. 12.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) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  13. 13.Make a sentence: letter / to / grandmother. / a / her / wrote / Riya
  14. 14.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  15. 15.Make a sentence: letter / to / grandmother. / wrote / her / Riya / a
  16. 16.🪔 What is this? (a) film (b) diya (c) letter (d) camera
  17. 17.Make a sentence: a / took / Jaipur. / to / We / train
  18. 18.Make a sentence: to / a / Jaipur. / took / We / train
  19. 19.Make a sentence: sweets / everyone. / for / Grandmother / made
  20. 20.✉️ What is this? (a) temple (b) beach (c) film (d) letter
  21. 21.Make a sentence: We / Jaipur. / a / train / to / took
  22. 22.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) plays (b) played (c) play
  23. 23.Did you ___ the film? (a) watches (b) watched (c) watch
  24. 24.Make a sentence: grandmother. / wrote / her / Riya / a / to / letter
  25. 25.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  26. 26.Make a sentence: letter / grandmother. / to / her / wrote / a / Riya
  27. 27.Make a sentence: Grandmother / everyone. / for / sweets / made
  28. 28.Make a sentence: took / to / train / We / Jaipur. / a
  29. 29.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) took (b) taken (c) take
  30. 30.Make a sentence: night. / We / on / Diwali / lit / diyas
  31. 31.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  32. 32.Make a sentence: wrote / a / grandmother. / to / letter / Riya / her
  33. 33.Make a sentence: to / a / train / We / Jaipur. / took
  34. 34.I ___ my homework last night. (a) do (b) does (c) did
  35. 35.Make a sentence: letter / grandmother. / Riya / her / wrote / to / a
  36. 36.Make a sentence: lit / on / We / Diwali / night. / diyas
  37. 37.Make a sentence: grandmother. / Riya / letter / to / her / a / wrote
  38. 38.Make a sentence: grandmother. / letter / wrote / her / a / Riya / to
  39. 39.Make a sentence: diyas / night. / on / lit / We / Diwali
  40. 40.Make a sentence: Diwali / diyas / on / We / lit / night.

Answer key

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

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