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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 803 · 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) was (b) were (c) are
  2. 2.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) played (b) plays (c) play
  3. 3.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  4. 4.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) take (b) took (c) taken
  5. 5.Make a sentence: letter / grandmother. / a / wrote / Riya / her / to
  6. 6.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  7. 7.🛕 What is this? (a) sweets (b) beach (c) temple (d) camera
  8. 8.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  9. 9.Make a sentence: her / a / Riya / wrote / to / letter / grandmother.
  10. 10.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) go (b) went (c) goes
  11. 11.Make a sentence: on / diyas / night. / Diwali / lit / We
  12. 12.Make a sentence: Diwali / lit / on / night. / We / diyas
  13. 13.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) was (b) is (c) were
  14. 14.Make a sentence: her / to / wrote / Riya / letter / a / grandmother.
  15. 15.Make a sentence: a / wrote / her / letter / to / grandmother. / Riya
  16. 16.Make a sentence: Diwali / diyas / We / night. / on / lit
  17. 17.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) makes (b) make (c) made
  18. 18.📷 What is this? (a) fireworks (b) picnic (c) camera (d) letter
  19. 19.🪔 What is this? (a) picnic (b) camera (c) letter (d) diya
  20. 20.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  21. 21.Make a sentence: diyas / Diwali / night. / on / lit / We
  22. 22.Did you ___ the film? (a) watched (b) watches (c) watch
  23. 23.🏖️ What is this? (a) picnic (b) fireworks (c) letter (d) beach
  24. 24.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) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  25. 25.🍬 What is this? (a) temple (b) beach (c) train (d) sweets
  26. 26.✉️ What is this? (a) diya (b) camera (c) letter (d) temple
  27. 27.🎬 What is this? (a) picnic (b) film (c) temple (d) diya
  28. 28.Make a sentence: Grandmother / everyone. / made / sweets / for
  29. 29.Make a sentence: on / night. / Diwali / lit / We / diyas
  30. 30.Make a sentence: everyone. / sweets / Grandmother / for / made
  31. 31.Make a sentence: Diwali / We / night. / diyas / on / lit
  32. 32.I ___ my homework last night. (a) do (b) does (c) did
  33. 33.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  34. 34.Make a sentence: diyas / Diwali / We / on / lit / night.
  35. 35.Make a sentence: to / a / wrote / grandmother. / letter / Riya / her
  36. 36.Make a sentence: night. / lit / on / Diwali / diyas / We
  37. 37.🎆 What is this? (a) fireworks (b) diya (c) film (d) camera
  38. 38.Make a sentence: Grandmother / for / everyone. / made / sweets
  39. 39.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / took / We / a / train / to
  40. 40.Make a sentence: diyas / lit / night. / Diwali / on / We

Answer key

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

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