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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 874 · 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.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) go (b) goes (c) went
  2. 2.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) played (b) plays (c) play
  3. 3.🚂 What is this? (a) camera (b) film (c) picnic (d) train
  4. 4.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) are (b) was (c) were
  5. 5.Did you ___ the film? (a) watched (b) watches (c) watch
  6. 6.I ___ my homework last night. (a) do (b) does (c) did
  7. 7.🧺 What is this? (a) camera (b) picnic (c) beach (d) temple
  8. 8.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  9. 9.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  10. 10.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  11. 11.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  12. 12.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) took (b) taken (c) take
  13. 13.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) is (b) was (c) were
  14. 14.Make a sentence: sweets / everyone. / for / made / Grandmother
  15. 15.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  16. 16.✉️ What is this? (a) letter (b) diya (c) beach (d) fireworks
  17. 17.Make a sentence: We / Jaipur. / took / to / a / train
  18. 18.Make a sentence: diyas / Diwali / lit / We / night. / on
  19. 19.Make a sentence: letter / grandmother. / wrote / Riya / to / her / a
  20. 20.🪔 What is this? (a) diya (b) camera (c) film (d) beach
  21. 21.Make a sentence: letter / her / a / to / wrote / grandmother. / Riya
  22. 22.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) makes (b) made (c) make
  23. 23.🛕 What is this? (a) letter (b) sweets (c) fireworks (d) temple
  24. 24.Make a sentence: lit / night. / We / on / Diwali / diyas
  25. 25.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  26. 26.Make a sentence: night. / diyas / lit / on / We / Diwali
  27. 27.Make a sentence: train / took / Jaipur. / We / a / to
  28. 28.Make a sentence: wrote / letter / grandmother. / her / to / a / Riya
  29. 29.🎬 What is this? (a) temple (b) film (c) train (d) beach
  30. 30.Make a sentence: train / Jaipur. / a / took / to / We
  31. 31.Make a sentence: Riya / wrote / to / a / grandmother. / her / letter
  32. 32.Make a sentence: for / sweets / Grandmother / everyone. / made
  33. 33.Make a sentence: diyas / Diwali / We / night. / lit / on
  34. 34.🏖️ What is this? (a) sweets (b) temple (c) picnic (d) beach
  35. 35.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  36. 36.Make a sentence: lit / We / Diwali / diyas / on / night.
  37. 37.Make a sentence: for / Grandmother / sweets / everyone. / made
  38. 38.Make a sentence: made / everyone. / sweets / for / Grandmother
  39. 39.Make a sentence: diyas / on / We / lit / night. / Diwali
  40. 40.Make a sentence: Grandmother / made / for / sweets / everyone.

Answer key

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

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