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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 968 · 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.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) were (b) is (c) was
  2. 2.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) played (b) play (c) plays
  3. 3.🚂 What is this? (a) train (b) beach (c) film (d) camera
  4. 4.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) We took a train to Jaipur.
  5. 5.Make a sentence: diyas / lit / Diwali / We / night. / on
  6. 6.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) goes (b) go (c) went
  7. 7.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) were (b) was (c) are
  8. 8.Make a sentence: a / letter / grandmother. / to / her / wrote / Riya
  9. 9.I ___ my homework last night. (a) does (b) do (c) did
  10. 10.🏖️ What is this? (a) beach (b) camera (c) temple (d) fireworks
  11. 11.🎆 What is this? (a) film (b) picnic (c) train (d) fireworks
  12. 12.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  13. 13.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) taken (b) take (c) took
  14. 14.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.
  15. 15.✉️ What is this? (a) letter (b) fireworks (c) sweets (d) film
  16. 16.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  17. 17.Make a sentence: Riya / letter / grandmother. / a / wrote / her / to
  18. 18.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  19. 19.Make a sentence: Riya / grandmother. / to / letter / a / her / wrote
  20. 20.Make a sentence: night. / We / Diwali / lit / diyas / on
  21. 21.Make a sentence: to / took / a / Jaipur. / We / train
  22. 22.Make a sentence: everyone. / Grandmother / made / sweets / for
  23. 23.Did you ___ the film? (a) watches (b) watched (c) watch
  24. 24.Make a sentence: for / Grandmother / sweets / everyone. / made
  25. 25.Make a sentence: We / Diwali / lit / on / diyas / night.
  26. 26.Make a sentence: We / diyas / on / lit / Diwali / night.
  27. 27.Make a sentence: lit / We / on / Diwali / diyas / night.
  28. 28.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) makes (b) made (c) make
  29. 29.🍬 What is this? (a) fireworks (b) sweets (c) beach (d) temple
  30. 30.Make a sentence: lit / diyas / Diwali / night. / We / on
  31. 31.Make a sentence: to / letter / Riya / a / grandmother. / her / wrote
  32. 32.Make a sentence: sweets / Grandmother / made / everyone. / for
  33. 33.Make a sentence: sweets / everyone. / made / for / Grandmother
  34. 34.Make a sentence: Diwali / diyas / night. / lit / on / We
  35. 35.Make a sentence: her / grandmother. / to / Riya / a / letter / wrote
  36. 36.Make a sentence: for / Grandmother / everyone. / made / sweets
  37. 37.Make a sentence: lit / We / Diwali / diyas / on / night.
  38. 38.Make a sentence: made / everyone. / Grandmother / sweets / for
  39. 39.Make a sentence: to / train / We / took / a / Jaipur.
  40. 40.📷 What is this? (a) picnic (b) camera (c) film (d) sweets

Answer key

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

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