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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 971 · 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) goes (b) go (c) went
  2. 2.Make a sentence: night. / on / Diwali / lit / We / diyas
  3. 3.Make a sentence: on / night. / We / Diwali / lit / diyas
  4. 4.I ___ my homework last night. (a) did (b) does (c) do
  5. 5.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / to / took / a / We / train
  6. 6.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  7. 7.Make a sentence: to / wrote / Riya / her / grandmother. / a / letter
  8. 8.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) played (b) play (c) plays
  9. 9.Did you ___ the film? (a) watch (b) watches (c) watched
  10. 10.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  11. 11.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  12. 12.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) were (b) are (c) was
  13. 13.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) was (b) is (c) were
  14. 14.✉️ What is this? (a) beach (b) sweets (c) train (d) letter
  15. 15.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) makes (b) make (c) made
  16. 16.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  17. 17.🎆 What is this? (a) sweets (b) beach (c) letter (d) fireworks
  18. 18.🏖️ What is this? (a) beach (b) train (c) camera (d) sweets
  19. 19.Make a sentence: letter / a / to / wrote / Riya / grandmother. / her
  20. 20.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) taken (b) take (c) took
  21. 21.Make a sentence: to / her / a / wrote / letter / grandmother. / Riya
  22. 22.Make a sentence: letter / Riya / grandmother. / her / wrote / to / a
  23. 23.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  24. 24.Make a sentence: letter / grandmother. / wrote / to / a / Riya / her
  25. 25.Make a sentence: Grandmother / everyone. / made / sweets / for
  26. 26.Make a sentence: for / sweets / everyone. / made / Grandmother
  27. 27.Make a sentence: Diwali / We / diyas / on / lit / night.
  28. 28.Make a sentence: Diwali / lit / diyas / night. / on / We
  29. 29.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  30. 30.📷 What is this? (a) sweets (b) camera (c) temple (d) letter
  31. 31.Make a sentence: diyas / Diwali / night. / on / lit / We
  32. 32.Make a sentence: her / to / a / wrote / grandmother. / letter / Riya
  33. 33.Make a sentence: Diwali / diyas / lit / We / night. / on
  34. 34.🧺 What is this? (a) train (b) letter (c) temple (d) picnic
  35. 35.Make a sentence: wrote / her / grandmother. / Riya / to / letter / a
  36. 36.Make a sentence: made / for / everyone. / sweets / Grandmother
  37. 37.Make a sentence: to / took / train / a / We / Jaipur.
  38. 38.Make a sentence: her / grandmother. / Riya / to / a / letter / wrote
  39. 39.Make a sentence: made / sweets / for / everyone. / Grandmother
  40. 40.Make a sentence: diyas / on / night. / Diwali / We / lit

Answer key

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

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