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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 979 · 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.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) take (b) took (c) taken
  2. 2.Did you ___ the film? (a) watch (b) watches (c) watched
  3. 3.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) were (b) was (c) are
  4. 4.✉️ What is this? (a) train (b) fireworks (c) camera (d) letter
  5. 5.🎆 What is this? (a) fireworks (b) train (c) temple (d) picnic
  6. 6.Make a sentence: train / Jaipur. / a / to / We / took
  7. 7.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) play (b) plays (c) played
  8. 8.I ___ my homework last night. (a) do (b) did (c) does
  9. 9.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  10. 10.Make a sentence: Diwali / diyas / We / night. / lit / on
  11. 11.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  12. 12.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) go (b) goes (c) went
  13. 13.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  14. 14.Make a sentence: wrote / letter / her / Riya / grandmother. / to / a
  15. 15.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) makes (b) make (c) made
  16. 16.Make a sentence: lit / diyas / night. / We / on / Diwali
  17. 17.Make a sentence: a / took / train / to / We / Jaipur.
  18. 18.Make a sentence: wrote / Riya / her / letter / grandmother. / a / to
  19. 19.Make a sentence: everyone. / for / Grandmother / sweets / made
  20. 20.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  21. 21.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  22. 22.Make a sentence: made / sweets / Grandmother / for / everyone.
  23. 23.Make a sentence: a / to / We / Jaipur. / took / train
  24. 24.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) were (b) is (c) was
  25. 25.🧺 What is this? (a) camera (b) fireworks (c) picnic (d) temple
  26. 26.Make a sentence: to / a / took / train / Jaipur. / We
  27. 27.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  28. 28.🚂 What is this? (a) train (b) camera (c) temple (d) beach
  29. 29.Make a sentence: Grandmother / everyone. / made / sweets / for
  30. 30.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / a / We / train / took / to
  31. 31.Make a sentence: for / made / Grandmother / sweets / everyone.
  32. 32.Make a sentence: We / diyas / night. / Diwali / lit / on
  33. 33.Make a sentence: We / took / Jaipur. / to / train / a
  34. 34.Make a sentence: took / We / a / train / Jaipur. / to
  35. 35.Make a sentence: Diwali / night. / We / on / diyas / lit
  36. 36.🪔 What is this? (a) camera (b) beach (c) fireworks (d) diya
  37. 37.Make a sentence: a / Jaipur. / to / train / took / We
  38. 38.Make a sentence: wrote / letter / her / to / grandmother. / Riya / a
  39. 39.Make a sentence: lit / night. / on / diyas / Diwali / We
  40. 40.Make a sentence: sweets / for / made / Grandmother / everyone.

Answer key

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

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