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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 320 · 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 “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  2. 2.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) Last week, we went to the beach.
  3. 3.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) go (b) goes (c) went
  4. 4.Make a sentence: diyas / on / We / night. / Diwali / lit
  5. 5.I ___ my homework last night. (a) do (b) did (c) does
  6. 6.Make a sentence: night. / Diwali / lit / on / diyas / We
  7. 7.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  8. 8.🪔 What is this? (a) letter (b) camera (c) diya (d) picnic
  9. 9.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  10. 10.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) taken (b) take (c) took
  11. 11.Make a sentence: lit / on / We / night. / Diwali / diyas
  12. 12.Make a sentence: a / her / letter / Riya / wrote / to / grandmother.
  13. 13.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  14. 14.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) is (b) was (c) were
  15. 15.Make a sentence: everyone. / made / for / sweets / Grandmother
  16. 16.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) plays (b) played (c) play
  17. 17.Make a sentence: Riya / her / letter / wrote / a / grandmother. / to
  18. 18.🧺 What is this? (a) camera (b) picnic (c) beach (d) letter
  19. 19.🎆 What is this? (a) fireworks (b) camera (c) temple (d) film
  20. 20.Make a sentence: letter / Riya / her / to / wrote / grandmother. / a
  21. 21.Make a sentence: sweets / made / everyone. / Grandmother / for
  22. 22.Make a sentence: wrote / to / a / Riya / letter / her / grandmother.
  23. 23.🏖️ What is this? (a) sweets (b) train (c) beach (d) letter
  24. 24.Did you ___ the film? (a) watch (b) watched (c) watches
  25. 25.Make a sentence: everyone. / Grandmother / made / for / sweets
  26. 26.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) make (b) made (c) makes
  27. 27.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  28. 28.Make a sentence: a / to / train / We / took / Jaipur.
  29. 29.Make a sentence: to / a / Riya / grandmother. / letter / her / wrote
  30. 30.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) were (b) are (c) was
  31. 31.🚂 What is this? (a) letter (b) camera (c) picnic (d) train
  32. 32.Make a sentence: took / a / train / to / We / Jaipur.
  33. 33.Make a sentence: night. / lit / Diwali / diyas / We / on
  34. 34.🍬 What is this? (a) film (b) letter (c) temple (d) sweets
  35. 35.Make a sentence: We / to / took / Jaipur. / train / a
  36. 36.Make a sentence: to / her / grandmother. / a / wrote / letter / Riya
  37. 37.🛕 What is this? (a) diya (b) temple (c) picnic (d) train
  38. 38.Make a sentence: train / a / to / Jaipur. / We / took
  39. 39.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / We / a / to / took / train
  40. 40.Make a sentence: diyas / We / on / night. / lit / Diwali

Answer key

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

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