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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 124 · 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: We / diyas / lit / Diwali / night. / on
  2. 2.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  3. 3.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 lit diyas on Diwali night.
  4. 4.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) went (b) goes (c) go
  5. 5.I ___ my homework last night. (a) does (b) do (c) did
  6. 6.🎬 What is this? (a) camera (b) fireworks (c) diya (d) film
  7. 7.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) make (b) makes (c) made
  8. 8.Make a sentence: Riya / wrote / to / a / letter / her / grandmother.
  9. 9.Make a sentence: grandmother. / letter / her / to / Riya / wrote / a
  10. 10.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  11. 11.Make a sentence: her / wrote / a / Riya / to / grandmother. / letter
  12. 12.🏖️ What is this? (a) sweets (b) camera (c) beach (d) train
  13. 13.Make a sentence: Diwali / diyas / on / night. / lit / We
  14. 14.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) took (b) taken (c) take
  15. 15.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) were (b) was (c) is
  16. 16.Did you ___ the film? (a) watches (b) watch (c) watched
  17. 17.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  18. 18.Make a sentence: diyas / Diwali / lit / night. / We / on
  19. 19.Make a sentence: Riya / wrote / to / grandmother. / letter / her / a
  20. 20.Make a sentence: for / everyone. / sweets / made / Grandmother
  21. 21.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) play (b) plays (c) played
  22. 22.Make a sentence: night. / lit / diyas / on / We / Diwali
  23. 23.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) was (b) are (c) were
  24. 24.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  25. 25.🛕 What is this? (a) temple (b) camera (c) picnic (d) fireworks
  26. 26.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / to / We / a / train / took
  27. 27.Make a sentence: her / to / wrote / grandmother. / a / letter / Riya
  28. 28.Make a sentence: night. / We / on / Diwali / diyas / lit
  29. 29.📷 What is this? (a) letter (b) temple (c) sweets (d) camera
  30. 30.🪔 What is this? (a) fireworks (b) diya (c) film (d) picnic
  31. 31.Make a sentence: a / train / Jaipur. / We / took / to
  32. 32.✉️ What is this? (a) picnic (b) beach (c) diya (d) letter
  33. 33.🧺 What is this? (a) sweets (b) picnic (c) camera (d) letter
  34. 34.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  35. 35.Make a sentence: a / to / train / We / took / Jaipur.
  36. 36.Make a sentence: for / made / sweets / everyone. / Grandmother
  37. 37.Make a sentence: made / sweets / everyone. / Grandmother / for
  38. 38.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  39. 39.Make a sentence: night. / diyas / We / on / Diwali / lit
  40. 40.Make a sentence: made / everyone. / for / sweets / Grandmother

Answer key

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

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