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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 962 · 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.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) taken (b) take (c) took
  3. 3.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  4. 4.Make a sentence: diyas / on / Diwali / We / night. / lit
  5. 5.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  6. 6.Make a sentence: her / to / Riya / a / letter / wrote / grandmother.
  7. 7.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  8. 8.🧺 What is this? (a) train (b) picnic (c) film (d) fireworks
  9. 9.Make a sentence: letter / grandmother. / to / wrote / a / Riya / her
  10. 10.Make a sentence: her / a / Riya / to / letter / grandmother. / wrote
  11. 11.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) goes (b) went (c) go
  12. 12.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  13. 13.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) were (b) was (c) is
  14. 14.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  15. 15.🎬 What is this? (a) train (b) film (c) beach (d) fireworks
  16. 16.🏖️ What is this? (a) train (b) beach (c) letter (d) picnic
  17. 17.Make a sentence: grandmother. / Riya / to / her / wrote / letter / a
  18. 18.I ___ my homework last night. (a) do (b) does (c) did
  19. 19.✉️ What is this? (a) temple (b) fireworks (c) camera (d) letter
  20. 20.Make a sentence: her / letter / wrote / Riya / grandmother. / to / a
  21. 21.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) makes (b) made (c) make
  22. 22.Did you ___ the film? (a) watch (b) watched (c) watches
  23. 23.Make a sentence: on / night. / lit / Diwali / We / diyas
  24. 24.Make a sentence: wrote / a / letter / to / Riya / her / grandmother.
  25. 25.🚂 What is this? (a) picnic (b) train (c) fireworks (d) diya
  26. 26.Make a sentence: lit / night. / Diwali / We / on / diyas
  27. 27.Make a sentence: lit / We / night. / on / Diwali / diyas
  28. 28.Make a sentence: everyone. / made / sweets / Grandmother / for
  29. 29.Make a sentence: train / Jaipur. / took / a / We / to
  30. 30.Make a sentence: took / train / We / a / to / Jaipur.
  31. 31.Make a sentence: on / We / Diwali / lit / diyas / night.
  32. 32.Make a sentence: Riya / grandmother. / letter / her / to / wrote / a
  33. 33.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  34. 34.Make a sentence: wrote / grandmother. / to / Riya / her / a / letter
  35. 35.Make a sentence: made / everyone. / sweets / for / Grandmother
  36. 36.Make a sentence: Riya / grandmother. / a / her / wrote / to / letter
  37. 37.🪔 What is this? (a) diya (b) camera (c) film (d) temple
  38. 38.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) played (b) play (c) plays
  39. 39.📷 What is this? (a) letter (b) film (c) camera (d) temple
  40. 40.Make a sentence: We / diyas / lit / night. / on / Diwali

Answer key

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

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