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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 853 · 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.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  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.Make a sentence: for / Grandmother / everyone. / sweets / made
  5. 5.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  6. 6.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) take (b) took (c) taken
  7. 7.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) played (b) plays (c) play
  8. 8.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  9. 9.Make a sentence: sweets / for / made / Grandmother / everyone.
  10. 10.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) was (b) were (c) is
  11. 11.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) make (b) makes (c) made
  12. 12.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) go (b) went (c) goes
  13. 13.🚂 What is this? (a) picnic (b) letter (c) camera (d) train
  14. 14.Make a sentence: We / on / night. / Diwali / diyas / lit
  15. 15.I ___ my homework last night. (a) do (b) does (c) did
  16. 16.Make a sentence: wrote / her / letter / grandmother. / a / to / Riya
  17. 17.Make a sentence: Grandmother / for / sweets / made / everyone.
  18. 18.Make a sentence: to / Jaipur. / took / a / train / We
  19. 19.Did you ___ the film? (a) watch (b) watched (c) watches
  20. 20.Make a sentence: night. / on / lit / diyas / Diwali / We
  21. 21.🎬 What is this? (a) train (b) temple (c) film (d) picnic
  22. 22.Make a sentence: diyas / night. / on / lit / Diwali / We
  23. 23.Make a sentence: to / a / grandmother. / letter / her / Riya / wrote
  24. 24.🏖️ What is this? (a) train (b) letter (c) beach (d) fireworks
  25. 25.🪔 What is this? (a) film (b) temple (c) camera (d) diya
  26. 26.Make a sentence: night. / on / We / diyas / lit / Diwali
  27. 27.Make a sentence: We / train / Jaipur. / took / to / a
  28. 28.Make a sentence: train / took / We / a / to / Jaipur.
  29. 29.Make a sentence: night. / on / We / diyas / Diwali / lit
  30. 30.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  31. 31.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) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  32. 32.Make a sentence: We / diyas / Diwali / on / night. / lit
  33. 33.Make a sentence: everyone. / sweets / for / Grandmother / made
  34. 34.Make a sentence: made / sweets / for / everyone. / Grandmother
  35. 35.🛕 What is this? (a) camera (b) temple (c) beach (d) train
  36. 36.Make a sentence: sweets / for / made / everyone. / Grandmother
  37. 37.Make a sentence: everyone. / for / made / Grandmother / sweets
  38. 38.Make a sentence: night. / Diwali / lit / We / diyas / on
  39. 39.Make a sentence: Grandmother / for / sweets / everyone. / made
  40. 40.Make a sentence: We / took / Jaipur. / a / to / train

Answer key

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

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