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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 132 · 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.🧺 What is this? (a) temple (b) picnic (c) train (d) fireworks
  2. 2.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  3. 3.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  4. 4.Make a sentence: a / train / Jaipur. / to / We / took
  5. 5.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) play (b) played (c) plays
  6. 6.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  7. 7.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) were (b) are (c) was
  8. 8.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) made (b) make (c) makes
  9. 9.Make a sentence: to / We / took / Jaipur. / train / a
  10. 10.Make a sentence: We / Diwali / night. / lit / on / diyas
  11. 11.Make a sentence: night. / We / Diwali / lit / on / diyas
  12. 12.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) was (b) were (c) is
  13. 13.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.
  14. 14.🚂 What is this? (a) fireworks (b) train (c) picnic (d) camera
  15. 15.I ___ my homework last night. (a) does (b) did (c) do
  16. 16.Did you ___ the film? (a) watched (b) watch (c) watches
  17. 17.Make a sentence: Diwali / diyas / night. / lit / We / on
  18. 18.Make a sentence: diyas / We / lit / night. / Diwali / on
  19. 19.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  20. 20.Make a sentence: Diwali / night. / on / diyas / lit / We
  21. 21.Make a sentence: diyas / Diwali / night. / on / lit / We
  22. 22.Make a sentence: diyas / night. / We / on / lit / Diwali
  23. 23.🏖️ What is this? (a) camera (b) beach (c) film (d) diya
  24. 24.Make a sentence: a / wrote / grandmother. / her / Riya / letter / to
  25. 25.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) goes (b) go (c) went
  26. 26.Make a sentence: sweets / everyone. / for / Grandmother / made
  27. 27.✉️ What is this? (a) camera (b) picnic (c) sweets (d) letter
  28. 28.Make a sentence: to / her / wrote / grandmother. / Riya / a / letter
  29. 29.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) take (b) taken (c) took
  30. 30.Make a sentence: sweets / made / for / Grandmother / everyone.
  31. 31.🍬 What is this? (a) letter (b) temple (c) sweets (d) beach
  32. 32.Make a sentence: Riya / to / wrote / a / grandmother. / letter / her
  33. 33.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  34. 34.Make a sentence: her / wrote / letter / Riya / grandmother. / a / to
  35. 35.📷 What is this? (a) diya (b) picnic (c) camera (d) beach
  36. 36.🎬 What is this? (a) temple (b) train (c) film (d) picnic
  37. 37.Make a sentence: to / took / train / Jaipur. / We / a
  38. 38.Make a sentence: on / night. / diyas / Diwali / We / lit
  39. 39.Make a sentence: to / a / letter / grandmother. / her / wrote / Riya
  40. 40.🎆 What is this? (a) diya (b) beach (c) letter (d) fireworks

Answer key

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

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