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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 890 · 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.Make a sentence: Grandmother / made / sweets / everyone. / for
  2. 2.🧺 What is this? (a) letter (b) picnic (c) film (d) diya
  3. 3.I ___ my homework last night. (a) does (b) do (c) did
  4. 4.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) took (b) take (c) taken
  5. 5.🍬 What is this? (a) fireworks (b) sweets (c) beach (d) diya
  6. 6.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) played (b) plays (c) play
  7. 7.🎬 What is this? (a) temple (b) camera (c) film (d) train
  8. 8.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) were (b) is (c) was
  9. 9.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  10. 10.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  11. 11.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) make (b) makes (c) made
  12. 12.🪔 What is this? (a) camera (b) train (c) beach (d) diya
  13. 13.🏖️ What is this? (a) diya (b) fireworks (c) beach (d) train
  14. 14.Make a sentence: night. / Diwali / on / diyas / lit / We
  15. 15.Make a sentence: night. / We / Diwali / on / diyas / lit
  16. 16.Make a sentence: made / sweets / everyone. / Grandmother / for
  17. 17.Did you ___ the film? (a) watch (b) watched (c) watches
  18. 18.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) go (b) went (c) goes
  19. 19.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  20. 20.Make a sentence: took / Jaipur. / train / We / to / a
  21. 21.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  22. 22.Make a sentence: a / wrote / letter / her / grandmother. / to / Riya
  23. 23.Make a sentence: We / took / train / Jaipur. / to / a
  24. 24.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) was (b) were (c) are
  25. 25.Make a sentence: night. / lit / diyas / We / Diwali / on
  26. 26.📷 What is this? (a) diya (b) camera (c) film (d) picnic
  27. 27.✉️ What is this? (a) sweets (b) letter (c) diya (d) fireworks
  28. 28.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  29. 29.Make a sentence: diyas / on / Diwali / lit / night. / We
  30. 30.Make a sentence: a / her / grandmother. / Riya / wrote / letter / to
  31. 31.Make a sentence: for / everyone. / made / Grandmother / sweets
  32. 32.🎆 What is this? (a) film (b) fireworks (c) camera (d) temple
  33. 33.Make a sentence: took / to / We / a / train / Jaipur.
  34. 34.Make a sentence: for / Grandmother / everyone. / made / sweets
  35. 35.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) took (b) taken (c) take
  36. 36.🚂 What is this? (a) picnic (b) beach (c) train (d) film
  37. 37.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  38. 38.Make a sentence: sweets / made / for / everyone. / Grandmother
  39. 39.Make a sentence: sweets / for / everyone. / made / Grandmother
  40. 40.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / to / a / took / We / train

Answer key

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

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