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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 278 · 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) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  2. 2.🧺 What is this? (a) picnic (b) train (c) beach (d) film
  3. 3.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  4. 4.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  5. 5.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) played (b) plays (c) play
  6. 6.Make a sentence: her / a / Riya / to / wrote / grandmother. / letter
  7. 7.Make a sentence: a / Jaipur. / to / We / train / took
  8. 8.Make a sentence: Diwali / We / on / night. / lit / diyas
  9. 9.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) made (b) make (c) makes
  10. 10.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) are (b) was (c) were
  11. 11.Make a sentence: Diwali / We / lit / on / night. / diyas
  12. 12.🎬 What is this? (a) train (b) film (c) temple (d) picnic
  13. 13.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  14. 14.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) is (b) were (c) was
  15. 15.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  16. 16.✉️ What is this? (a) temple (b) sweets (c) diya (d) letter
  17. 17.Did you ___ the film? (a) watch (b) watches (c) watched
  18. 18.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) goes (b) go (c) went
  19. 19.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) took (b) take (c) taken
  20. 20.Make a sentence: night. / on / diyas / We / Diwali / lit
  21. 21.Make a sentence: to / grandmother. / a / Riya / wrote / her / letter
  22. 22.🍬 What is this? (a) sweets (b) beach (c) picnic (d) letter
  23. 23.🏖️ What is this? (a) beach (b) temple (c) camera (d) diya
  24. 24.Make a sentence: made / everyone. / Grandmother / for / sweets
  25. 25.Make a sentence: Riya / to / grandmother. / her / letter / a / wrote
  26. 26.Make a sentence: grandmother. / Riya / a / letter / wrote / to / her
  27. 27.Make a sentence: night. / lit / diyas / Diwali / on / We
  28. 28.I ___ my homework last night. (a) did (b) does (c) do
  29. 29.Make a sentence: diyas / Diwali / night. / We / on / lit
  30. 30.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  31. 31.🪔 What is this? (a) diya (b) beach (c) sweets (d) camera
  32. 32.Make a sentence: lit / night. / diyas / We / Diwali / on
  33. 33.🚂 What is this? (a) beach (b) fireworks (c) diya (d) train
  34. 34.Make a sentence: on / diyas / We / Diwali / lit / night.
  35. 35.Make a sentence: a / We / Jaipur. / took / train / to
  36. 36.Make a sentence: everyone. / Grandmother / sweets / made / for
  37. 37.Make a sentence: Diwali / on / night. / lit / We / diyas
  38. 38.Make a sentence: Diwali / on / diyas / lit / night. / We
  39. 39.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) are (b) were (c) was
  40. 40.Make a sentence: took / a / to / We / Jaipur. / train

Answer key

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

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