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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 274 · 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) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  2. 2.I ___ my homework last night. (a) does (b) did (c) do
  3. 3.Make a sentence: took / Jaipur. / a / train / to / We
  4. 4.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) played (b) plays (c) play
  5. 5.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) went (b) goes (c) go
  6. 6.🚂 What is this? (a) picnic (b) fireworks (c) beach (d) train
  7. 7.Make a sentence: sweets / everyone. / Grandmother / made / for
  8. 8.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) were (b) was (c) are
  9. 9.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  10. 10.Make a sentence: night. / lit / Diwali / We / diyas / on
  11. 11.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  12. 12.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) makes (b) made (c) make
  13. 13.Make a sentence: made / everyone. / Grandmother / sweets / for
  14. 14.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  15. 15.Make a sentence: to / Riya / her / a / letter / wrote / grandmother.
  16. 16.🧺 What is this? (a) letter (b) diya (c) train (d) picnic
  17. 17.🛕 What is this? (a) temple (b) beach (c) letter (d) diya
  18. 18.Make a sentence: night. / diyas / on / lit / Diwali / We
  19. 19.Make a sentence: Riya / letter / grandmother. / a / to / her / wrote
  20. 20.Make a sentence: to / grandmother. / her / letter / a / Riya / wrote
  21. 21.Make a sentence: a / to / wrote / Riya / her / grandmother. / letter
  22. 22.Make a sentence: took / to / We / Jaipur. / a / train
  23. 23.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  24. 24.🪔 What is this? (a) picnic (b) diya (c) temple (d) film
  25. 25.Make a sentence: made / Grandmother / for / everyone. / sweets
  26. 26.Make a sentence: lit / night. / Diwali / on / We / diyas
  27. 27.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  28. 28.✉️ What is this? (a) sweets (b) camera (c) letter (d) beach
  29. 29.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) were (b) was (c) is
  30. 30.Make a sentence: Riya / grandmother. / a / letter / wrote / to / her
  31. 31.Did you ___ the film? (a) watches (b) watched (c) watch
  32. 32.📷 What is this? (a) film (b) camera (c) letter (d) train
  33. 33.Make a sentence: letter / her / wrote / to / a / Riya / grandmother.
  34. 34.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) taken (b) took (c) take
  35. 35.Make a sentence: We / to / took / a / Jaipur. / train
  36. 36.🎆 What is this? (a) beach (b) film (c) fireworks (d) sweets
  37. 37.Make a sentence: took / We / a / to / Jaipur. / train
  38. 38.🍬 What is this? (a) beach (b) camera (c) fireworks (d) sweets
  39. 39.Make a sentence: grandmother. / a / wrote / her / Riya / letter / to
  40. 40.Make a sentence: to / train / Jaipur. / took / a / We

Answer key

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

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