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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 288 · 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: grandmother. / letter / her / to / Riya / wrote / a
  2. 2.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  3. 3.🎆 What is this? (a) fireworks (b) temple (c) picnic (d) letter
  4. 4.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) go (b) went (c) goes
  5. 5.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) played (b) plays (c) play
  6. 6.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  7. 7.Make a sentence: grandmother. / to / Riya / wrote / her / letter / a
  8. 8.Did you ___ the film? (a) watches (b) watched (c) watch
  9. 9.Make a sentence: on / diyas / night. / Diwali / We / lit
  10. 10.Make a sentence: diyas / Diwali / We / lit / on / night.
  11. 11.Make a sentence: wrote / letter / to / Riya / a / grandmother. / her
  12. 12.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  13. 13.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) are (b) was (c) were
  14. 14.Make a sentence: to / Jaipur. / a / We / train / took
  15. 15.Make a sentence: made / everyone. / sweets / Grandmother / for
  16. 16.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) was (b) is (c) were
  17. 17.🛕 What is this? (a) letter (b) temple (c) train (d) camera
  18. 18.🎬 What is this? (a) fireworks (b) train (c) film (d) sweets
  19. 19.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) took (b) taken (c) take
  20. 20.Make a sentence: on / lit / We / Diwali / diyas / night.
  21. 21.I ___ my homework last night. (a) do (b) does (c) did
  22. 22.Make a sentence: wrote / Riya / to / a / her / grandmother. / letter
  23. 23.📷 What is this? (a) temple (b) camera (c) beach (d) diya
  24. 24.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  25. 25.Make a sentence: her / grandmother. / Riya / a / wrote / to / letter
  26. 26.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  27. 27.Make a sentence: wrote / grandmother. / her / Riya / letter / a / to
  28. 28.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  29. 29.Make a sentence: everyone. / sweets / for / made / Grandmother
  30. 30.Make a sentence: lit / night. / Diwali / We / on / diyas
  31. 31.Make a sentence: We / diyas / night. / Diwali / on / lit
  32. 32.Make a sentence: Diwali / night. / lit / We / diyas / on
  33. 33.Make a sentence: for / Grandmother / made / everyone. / sweets
  34. 34.Make a sentence: grandmother. / her / a / letter / wrote / Riya / to
  35. 35.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) makes (b) make (c) made
  36. 36.Make a sentence: everyone. / sweets / Grandmother / for / made
  37. 37.Make a sentence: on / diyas / night. / lit / Diwali / We
  38. 38.Make a sentence: wrote / Riya / grandmother. / to / her / a / letter
  39. 39.Make a sentence: grandmother. / to / a / her / Riya / letter / wrote
  40. 40.Make a sentence: Diwali / We / diyas / lit / night. / on

Answer key

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

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