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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 741 · 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.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  3. 3.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.
  4. 4.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) make (b) makes (c) made
  5. 5.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / to / a / took / We / train
  6. 6.Make a sentence: night. / We / Diwali / on / diyas / lit
  7. 7.Make a sentence: sweets / made / Grandmother / everyone. / for
  8. 8.Make a sentence: Riya / wrote / grandmother. / her / to / letter / a
  9. 9.🚂 What is this? (a) diya (b) train (c) picnic (d) camera
  10. 10.🏖️ What is this? (a) train (b) picnic (c) film (d) beach
  11. 11.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) go (b) goes (c) went
  12. 12.Make a sentence: sweets / everyone. / made / for / Grandmother
  13. 13.🧺 What is this? (a) picnic (b) sweets (c) beach (d) temple
  14. 14.Make a sentence: to / grandmother. / her / wrote / a / letter / Riya
  15. 15.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  16. 16.Make a sentence: a / her / to / letter / wrote / grandmother. / Riya
  17. 17.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) taken (b) took (c) take
  18. 18.📷 What is this? (a) train (b) camera (c) fireworks (d) letter
  19. 19.Make a sentence: her / a / to / grandmother. / Riya / letter / wrote
  20. 20.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  21. 21.Make a sentence: diyas / lit / night. / We / Diwali / on
  22. 22.Make a sentence: a / took / Jaipur. / train / We / to
  23. 23.Make a sentence: everyone. / sweets / Grandmother / for / made
  24. 24.Did you ___ the film? (a) watch (b) watched (c) watches
  25. 25.Make a sentence: Diwali / night. / lit / on / diyas / We
  26. 26.Make a sentence: Riya / letter / grandmother. / her / to / a / wrote
  27. 27.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  28. 28.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) play (b) played (c) plays
  29. 29.Make a sentence: We / lit / night. / Diwali / on / diyas
  30. 30.Make a sentence: night. / diyas / We / on / lit / Diwali
  31. 31.Make a sentence: Grandmother / sweets / made / for / everyone.
  32. 32.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  33. 33.I ___ my homework last night. (a) does (b) did (c) do
  34. 34.Make a sentence: grandmother. / her / a / wrote / Riya / to / letter
  35. 35.🪔 What is this? (a) train (b) diya (c) film (d) picnic
  36. 36.Make a sentence: sweets / made / Grandmother / for / everyone.
  37. 37.🎬 What is this? (a) film (b) letter (c) sweets (d) fireworks
  38. 38.Make a sentence: a / grandmother. / letter / her / Riya / to / wrote
  39. 39.Make a sentence: sweets / everyone. / Grandmother / for / made
  40. 40.Make a sentence: to / took / train / Jaipur. / We / a

Answer key

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

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