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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 210 · 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.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  2. 2.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) is (b) was (c) were
  3. 3.🧺 What is this? (a) film (b) letter (c) picnic (d) temple
  4. 4.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) play (b) plays (c) played
  5. 5.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  6. 6.📷 What is this? (a) picnic (b) beach (c) temple (d) camera
  7. 7.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) makes (b) make (c) made
  8. 8.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  9. 9.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) was (b) were (c) are
  10. 10.Make a sentence: took / to / a / Jaipur. / We / train
  11. 11.🚂 What is this? (a) beach (b) film (c) train (d) picnic
  12. 12.Make a sentence: her / wrote / letter / grandmother. / to / a / Riya
  13. 13.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  14. 14.Make a sentence: to / Riya / her / letter / wrote / grandmother. / a
  15. 15.I ___ my homework last night. (a) do (b) does (c) did
  16. 16.🎬 What is this? (a) temple (b) picnic (c) sweets (d) film
  17. 17.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) took (b) taken (c) take
  18. 18.Did you ___ the film? (a) watched (b) watch (c) watches
  19. 19.✉️ What is this? (a) sweets (b) letter (c) diya (d) camera
  20. 20.Make a sentence: made / Grandmother / sweets / everyone. / for
  21. 21.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  22. 22.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) goes (b) go (c) went
  23. 23.Make a sentence: to / a / grandmother. / wrote / Riya / letter / her
  24. 24.Make a sentence: on / Diwali / lit / night. / We / diyas
  25. 25.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  26. 26.🎆 What is this? (a) sweets (b) fireworks (c) diya (d) train
  27. 27.Make a sentence: to / a / train / We / Jaipur. / took
  28. 28.Make a sentence: grandmother. / letter / wrote / a / Riya / to / her
  29. 29.Make a sentence: Diwali / We / on / diyas / night. / lit
  30. 30.Make a sentence: to / a / took / Jaipur. / train / We
  31. 31.Make a sentence: We / on / diyas / night. / lit / Diwali
  32. 32.Make a sentence: for / made / sweets / everyone. / Grandmother
  33. 33.Make a sentence: made / for / sweets / Grandmother / everyone.
  34. 34.Make a sentence: a / Riya / her / wrote / to / letter / grandmother.
  35. 35.🪔 What is this? (a) fireworks (b) diya (c) letter (d) picnic
  36. 36.Make a sentence: made / for / everyone. / sweets / Grandmother
  37. 37.Make a sentence: grandmother. / Riya / a / letter / her / to / wrote
  38. 38.Make a sentence: train / Jaipur. / took / We / a / to
  39. 39.Make a sentence: diyas / Diwali / night. / lit / We / on
  40. 40.Make a sentence: sweets / for / everyone. / Grandmother / made

Answer key

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

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