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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 280 · 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.Make a sentence: lit / on / We / Diwali / night. / diyas
  2. 2.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) made (b) make (c) makes
  3. 3.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  4. 4.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) go (b) goes (c) went
  5. 5.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  6. 6.🎬 What is this? (a) film (b) beach (c) temple (d) train
  7. 7.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  8. 8.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  9. 9.Make a sentence: her / a / grandmother. / Riya / to / letter / wrote
  10. 10.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) played (b) play (c) plays
  11. 11.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) was (b) were (c) are
  12. 12.📷 What is this? (a) train (b) camera (c) diya (d) beach
  13. 13.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  14. 14.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) took (b) taken (c) take
  15. 15.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) was (b) is (c) were
  16. 16.Did you ___ the film? (a) watches (b) watched (c) watch
  17. 17.🪔 What is this? (a) diya (b) film (c) sweets (d) picnic
  18. 18.Make a sentence: sweets / everyone. / made / for / Grandmother
  19. 19.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) was (b) were (c) are
  20. 20.🚂 What is this? (a) train (b) diya (c) film (d) picnic
  21. 21.🏖️ What is this? (a) film (b) sweets (c) picnic (d) beach
  22. 22.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  23. 23.Make a sentence: lit / night. / Diwali / diyas / We / on
  24. 24.Make a sentence: sweets / Grandmother / for / made / everyone.
  25. 25.🧺 What is this? (a) film (b) temple (c) fireworks (d) picnic
  26. 26.Make a sentence: for / everyone. / Grandmother / made / sweets
  27. 27.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / train / We / to / a / took
  28. 28.Make a sentence: her / wrote / letter / grandmother. / Riya / to / a
  29. 29.I ___ my homework last night. (a) do (b) did (c) does
  30. 30.🛕 What is this? (a) temple (b) picnic (c) film (d) letter
  31. 31.Make a sentence: a / to / letter / her / Riya / grandmother. / wrote
  32. 32.Make a sentence: made / sweets / for / everyone. / Grandmother
  33. 33.Make a sentence: took / We / to / Jaipur. / train / a
  34. 34.Make a sentence: letter / to / grandmother. / wrote / a / Riya / her
  35. 35.🎆 What is this? (a) temple (b) diya (c) beach (d) fireworks
  36. 36.🍬 What is this? (a) picnic (b) diya (c) sweets (d) letter
  37. 37.Make a sentence: Diwali / night. / lit / diyas / on / We
  38. 38.Make a sentence: Diwali / night. / diyas / lit / We / on
  39. 39.Make a sentence: took / a / Jaipur. / train / to / We
  40. 40.Make a sentence: made / sweets / for / Grandmother / everyone.

Answer key

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

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