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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 227 · 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) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  2. 2.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  3. 3.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) took (b) taken (c) take
  4. 4.🍬 What is this? (a) temple (b) diya (c) sweets (d) film
  5. 5.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  6. 6.Make a sentence: lit / We / on / Diwali / diyas / night.
  7. 7.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) goes (b) go (c) went
  8. 8.I ___ my homework last night. (a) does (b) do (c) did
  9. 9.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) is (b) was (c) were
  10. 10.🎬 What is this? (a) camera (b) fireworks (c) film (d) picnic
  11. 11.🚂 What is this? (a) picnic (b) fireworks (c) beach (d) train
  12. 12.🏖️ What is this? (a) camera (b) sweets (c) picnic (d) beach
  13. 13.🪔 What is this? (a) diya (b) temple (c) camera (d) sweets
  14. 14.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) make (b) makes (c) made
  15. 15.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  16. 16.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) are (b) were (c) was
  17. 17.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / a / train / to / took / We
  18. 18.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / a / took / We / train / to
  19. 19.Make a sentence: We / to / a / Jaipur. / train / took
  20. 20.Make a sentence: for / sweets / made / everyone. / Grandmother
  21. 21.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  22. 22.Make a sentence: sweets / everyone. / for / Grandmother / made
  23. 23.🎆 What is this? (a) picnic (b) sweets (c) fireworks (d) beach
  24. 24.Make a sentence: diyas / on / lit / Diwali / night. / We
  25. 25.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  26. 26.Make a sentence: train / Jaipur. / We / to / took / a
  27. 27.Did you ___ the film? (a) watches (b) watch (c) watched
  28. 28.Make a sentence: on / lit / night. / diyas / We / Diwali
  29. 29.Make a sentence: her / grandmother. / a / letter / wrote / to / Riya
  30. 30.✉️ What is this? (a) picnic (b) diya (c) letter (d) train
  31. 31.Make a sentence: letter / her / a / wrote / to / Riya / grandmother.
  32. 32.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) play (b) played (c) plays
  33. 33.Make a sentence: to / her / Riya / letter / a / wrote / grandmother.
  34. 34.Make a sentence: letter / wrote / to / grandmother. / a / her / Riya
  35. 35.Make a sentence: a / to / letter / her / wrote / grandmother. / Riya
  36. 36.Make a sentence: to / took / Jaipur. / a / We / train
  37. 37.Make a sentence: for / made / everyone. / sweets / Grandmother
  38. 38.Make a sentence: everyone. / sweets / made / for / Grandmother
  39. 39.Make a sentence: sweets / Grandmother / for / everyone. / made
  40. 40.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.

Answer key

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

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