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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

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

Answer key

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

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