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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 289 · 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 “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  2. 2.Did you ___ the film? (a) watched (b) watches (c) watch
  3. 3.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) took (b) taken (c) take
  4. 4.I ___ my homework last night. (a) does (b) do (c) did
  5. 5.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  6. 6.🧺 What is this? (a) train (b) picnic (c) diya (d) film
  7. 7.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) makes (b) made (c) make
  8. 8.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  9. 9.Make a sentence: on / night. / lit / Diwali / We / diyas
  10. 10.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) went (b) go (c) goes
  11. 11.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) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  12. 12.Make a sentence: night. / lit / Diwali / We / diyas / on
  13. 13.Make a sentence: diyas / on / lit / Diwali / night. / We
  14. 14.Make a sentence: for / everyone. / made / Grandmother / sweets
  15. 15.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) were (b) are (c) was
  16. 16.🛕 What is this? (a) letter (b) picnic (c) camera (d) temple
  17. 17.🎆 What is this? (a) sweets (b) fireworks (c) train (d) picnic
  18. 18.Make a sentence: Grandmother / made / for / everyone. / sweets
  19. 19.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) is (b) was (c) were
  20. 20.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  21. 21.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) play (b) played (c) plays
  22. 22.Make a sentence: Riya / to / a / her / grandmother. / wrote / letter
  23. 23.Make a sentence: a / Jaipur. / train / to / took / We
  24. 24.Make a sentence: took / to / a / Jaipur. / train / We
  25. 25.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  26. 26.Make a sentence: her / to / grandmother. / Riya / a / wrote / letter
  27. 27.Make a sentence: diyas / Diwali / on / lit / night. / We
  28. 28.Make a sentence: Diwali / lit / night. / diyas / on / We
  29. 29.Make a sentence: We / night. / on / Diwali / lit / diyas
  30. 30.Make a sentence: a / to / took / We / Jaipur. / train
  31. 31.🪔 What is this? (a) letter (b) temple (c) diya (d) picnic
  32. 32.Make a sentence: on / diyas / night. / Diwali / We / lit
  33. 33.🚂 What is this? (a) temple (b) sweets (c) train (d) camera
  34. 34.Make a sentence: Grandmother / for / sweets / made / everyone.
  35. 35.Make a sentence: train / We / Jaipur. / a / took / to
  36. 36.Make a sentence: sweets / everyone. / Grandmother / made / for
  37. 37.🎬 What is this? (a) train (b) camera (c) film (d) beach
  38. 38.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) go (b) went (c) goes
  39. 39.Make a sentence: train / Jaipur. / to / We / took / a
  40. 40.Make a sentence: for / made / Grandmother / sweets / everyone.

Answer key

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

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