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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 141 · 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 ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) plays (b) play (c) played
  2. 2.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) makes (b) made (c) make
  3. 3.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) are (b) were (c) was
  4. 4.Did you ___ the film? (a) watches (b) watched (c) watch
  5. 5.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) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  6. 6.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  7. 7.🧺 What is this? (a) train (b) diya (c) fireworks (d) picnic
  8. 8.Make a sentence: wrote / letter / Riya / a / her / to / grandmother.
  9. 9.🎬 What is this? (a) camera (b) diya (c) film (d) beach
  10. 10.I ___ my homework last night. (a) do (b) does (c) did
  11. 11.🚂 What is this? (a) diya (b) beach (c) temple (d) train
  12. 12.Make a sentence: Diwali / on / We / diyas / lit / night.
  13. 13.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  14. 14.Make a sentence: to / her / letter / a / wrote / grandmother. / Riya
  15. 15.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) were (b) was (c) is
  16. 16.Make a sentence: made / everyone. / for / Grandmother / sweets
  17. 17.Make a sentence: Grandmother / made / everyone. / sweets / for
  18. 18.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.
  19. 19.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / to / a / We / took / train
  20. 20.Make a sentence: a / train / took / Jaipur. / We / to
  21. 21.Make a sentence: on / diyas / night. / Diwali / We / lit
  22. 22.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) took (b) taken (c) take
  23. 23.Make a sentence: to / train / a / took / Jaipur. / We
  24. 24.Make a sentence: to / a / Jaipur. / train / took / We
  25. 25.Make a sentence: diyas / Diwali / lit / night. / We / on
  26. 26.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) went (b) goes (c) go
  27. 27.Make a sentence: grandmother. / her / wrote / Riya / letter / a / to
  28. 28.Make a sentence: Diwali / on / night. / lit / diyas / We
  29. 29.Make a sentence: Diwali / diyas / We / lit / on / night.
  30. 30.Make a sentence: wrote / grandmother. / a / Riya / her / to / letter
  31. 31.Make a sentence: Diwali / night. / lit / diyas / on / We
  32. 32.🏖️ What is this? (a) sweets (b) beach (c) fireworks (d) letter
  33. 33.Make a sentence: lit / on / diyas / We / Diwali / night.
  34. 34.Make a sentence: a / train / Jaipur. / We / took / to
  35. 35.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  36. 36.Make a sentence: wrote / a / Riya / to / her / letter / grandmother.
  37. 37.🎆 What is this? (a) picnic (b) beach (c) camera (d) fireworks
  38. 38.Make a sentence: wrote / to / grandmother. / letter / a / Riya / her
  39. 39.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / a / to / train / We / took
  40. 40.Make a sentence: diyas / night. / lit / on / We / Diwali

Answer key

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

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