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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

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

Answer key

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

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