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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 844 · 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.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) plays (b) play (c) played
  2. 2.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) are (b) were (c) was
  3. 3.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) was (b) is (c) were
  4. 4.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) make (b) made (c) makes
  5. 5.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) went (b) goes (c) go
  6. 6.Make a sentence: to / train / We / a / Jaipur. / took
  7. 7.Make a sentence: on / Diwali / diyas / We / lit / night.
  8. 8.I ___ my homework last night. (a) did (b) do (c) does
  9. 9.Make a sentence: lit / Diwali / diyas / on / We / night.
  10. 10.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  11. 11.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  12. 12.Make a sentence: a / to / wrote / Riya / her / letter / grandmother.
  13. 13.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) take (b) took (c) taken
  14. 14.Make a sentence: took / Jaipur. / to / We / train / a
  15. 15.Make a sentence: diyas / on / lit / night. / Diwali / We
  16. 16.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  17. 17.🪔 What is this? (a) film (b) diya (c) train (d) fireworks
  18. 18.Make a sentence: Grandmother / for / everyone. / made / sweets
  19. 19.Make a sentence: diyas / on / lit / Diwali / We / night.
  20. 20.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  21. 21.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / a / train / We / to / took
  22. 22.Make a sentence: sweets / for / made / everyone. / Grandmother
  23. 23.Did you ___ the film? (a) watches (b) watched (c) watch
  24. 24.Make a sentence: her / wrote / a / to / Riya / letter / grandmother.
  25. 25.Make a sentence: We / diyas / on / night. / lit / Diwali
  26. 26.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) Last week, we went to the beach.
  27. 27.Make a sentence: lit / Diwali / on / We / night. / diyas
  28. 28.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  29. 29.Make a sentence: sweets / everyone. / for / Grandmother / made
  30. 30.Make a sentence: a / train / took / to / Jaipur. / We
  31. 31.🛕 What is this? (a) letter (b) fireworks (c) train (d) temple
  32. 32.🍬 What is this? (a) letter (b) fireworks (c) beach (d) sweets
  33. 33.Make a sentence: her / grandmother. / to / wrote / letter / a / Riya
  34. 34.🏖️ What is this? (a) film (b) train (c) beach (d) picnic
  35. 35.✉️ What is this? (a) diya (b) train (c) letter (d) sweets
  36. 36.Make a sentence: letter / to / her / a / Riya / grandmother. / wrote
  37. 37.Make a sentence: We / a / to / Jaipur. / took / train
  38. 38.Make a sentence: We / on / lit / night. / Diwali / diyas
  39. 39.Make a sentence: We / diyas / Diwali / night. / lit / on
  40. 40.🚂 What is this? (a) film (b) camera (c) train (d) sweets

Answer key

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

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