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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 225 · 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 “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.
  2. 2.Make a sentence: wrote / grandmother. / Riya / to / a / her / letter
  3. 3.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) play (b) played (c) plays
  4. 4.Make a sentence: lit / night. / on / Diwali / We / diyas
  5. 5.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) make (b) makes (c) made
  6. 6.🏖️ What is this? (a) beach (b) sweets (c) temple (d) film
  7. 7.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) go (b) goes (c) went
  8. 8.Make a sentence: diyas / We / night. / lit / on / Diwali
  9. 9.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  10. 10.🎆 What is this? (a) temple (b) letter (c) fireworks (d) beach
  11. 11.Make a sentence: sweets / Grandmother / for / made / everyone.
  12. 12.I ___ my homework last night. (a) do (b) did (c) does
  13. 13.🎬 What is this? (a) camera (b) film (c) train (d) fireworks
  14. 14.Make a sentence: We / lit / diyas / on / night. / Diwali
  15. 15.🧺 What is this? (a) fireworks (b) camera (c) beach (d) picnic
  16. 16.Make a sentence: a / wrote / grandmother. / letter / to / her / Riya
  17. 17.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  18. 18.Make a sentence: her / a / grandmother. / to / Riya / wrote / letter
  19. 19.Make a sentence: everyone. / made / Grandmother / sweets / for
  20. 20.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) take (b) taken (c) took
  21. 21.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) were (b) is (c) was
  22. 22.Did you ___ the film? (a) watched (b) watch (c) watches
  23. 23.Make a sentence: took / Jaipur. / to / train / We / a
  24. 24.Make a sentence: grandmother. / to / Riya / her / a / letter / wrote
  25. 25.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / took / to / We / train / a
  26. 26.Make a sentence: everyone. / made / for / Grandmother / sweets
  27. 27.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  28. 28.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  29. 29.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) were (b) was (c) are
  30. 30.Make a sentence: to / took / We / a / train / Jaipur.
  31. 31.🍬 What is this? (a) beach (b) film (c) sweets (d) train
  32. 32.Make a sentence: wrote / Riya / to / a / letter / her / grandmother.
  33. 33.Make a sentence: train / a / to / We / took / Jaipur.
  34. 34.Make a sentence: to / Jaipur. / a / took / We / train
  35. 35.Make a sentence: Grandmother / for / everyone. / sweets / made
  36. 36.Make a sentence: letter / to / a / grandmother. / wrote / her / Riya
  37. 37.Make a sentence: a / took / train / Jaipur. / We / to
  38. 38.Make a sentence: her / grandmother. / a / to / letter / Riya / wrote
  39. 39.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.
  40. 40.Make a sentence: made / everyone. / Grandmother / for / sweets

Answer key

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

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