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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 800 · 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.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) made (b) make (c) makes
  3. 3.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  4. 4.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  5. 5.🧺 What is this? (a) beach (b) film (c) picnic (d) camera
  6. 6.Make a sentence: sweets / for / made / everyone. / Grandmother
  7. 7.📷 What is this? (a) camera (b) temple (c) letter (d) train
  8. 8.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) play (b) plays (c) played
  9. 9.I ___ my homework last night. (a) do (b) did (c) does
  10. 10.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.
  11. 11.Make a sentence: letter / Riya / grandmother. / a / her / to / wrote
  12. 12.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) is (b) were (c) was
  13. 13.Did you ___ the film? (a) watched (b) watch (c) watches
  14. 14.Make a sentence: to / Jaipur. / We / train / took / a
  15. 15.🍬 What is this? (a) temple (b) diya (c) letter (d) sweets
  16. 16.Make a sentence: Grandmother / for / made / sweets / everyone.
  17. 17.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  18. 18.🎬 What is this? (a) sweets (b) film (c) picnic (d) fireworks
  19. 19.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  20. 20.🛕 What is this? (a) beach (b) train (c) temple (d) picnic
  21. 21.🏖️ What is this? (a) beach (b) film (c) letter (d) camera
  22. 22.Make a sentence: for / Grandmother / everyone. / sweets / made
  23. 23.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) goes (b) go (c) went
  24. 24.🎆 What is this? (a) fireworks (b) film (c) temple (d) letter
  25. 25.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) take (b) taken (c) took
  26. 26.✉️ What is this? (a) train (b) fireworks (c) letter (d) film
  27. 27.Make a sentence: a / Jaipur. / We / took / to / train
  28. 28.Make a sentence: a / Jaipur. / train / to / We / took
  29. 29.Make a sentence: night. / Diwali / We / diyas / on / lit
  30. 30.Make a sentence: lit / night. / We / diyas / on / Diwali
  31. 31.Make a sentence: made / for / sweets / everyone. / Grandmother
  32. 32.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  33. 33.Make a sentence: a / to / train / took / Jaipur. / We
  34. 34.Make a sentence: for / made / sweets / everyone. / Grandmother
  35. 35.Make a sentence: Grandmother / for / sweets / everyone. / made
  36. 36.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / took / to / a / We / train
  37. 37.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  38. 38.Make a sentence: a / grandmother. / wrote / letter / her / to / Riya
  39. 39.Make a sentence: to / her / letter / Riya / wrote / a / grandmother.
  40. 40.Make a sentence: grandmother. / her / wrote / letter / to / a / Riya

Answer key

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

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