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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 392 · 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 “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.
  2. 2.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) went (b) goes (c) go
  3. 3.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) are (b) were (c) was
  4. 4.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  5. 5.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  6. 6.Make a sentence: on / night. / Diwali / diyas / We / lit
  7. 7.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) made (b) make (c) makes
  8. 8.🏖️ What is this? (a) beach (b) diya (c) temple (d) picnic
  9. 9.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  10. 10.Make a sentence: to / Jaipur. / a / took / train / We
  11. 11.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) took (b) taken (c) take
  12. 12.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) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  13. 13.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) play (b) plays (c) played
  14. 14.Make a sentence: Diwali / night. / lit / We / on / diyas
  15. 15.🍬 What is this? (a) temple (b) picnic (c) sweets (d) train
  16. 16.Make a sentence: took / We / to / a / Jaipur. / train
  17. 17.Make a sentence: made / for / sweets / everyone. / Grandmother
  18. 18.Make a sentence: lit / We / diyas / night. / Diwali / on
  19. 19.Make a sentence: train / Jaipur. / a / to / took / We
  20. 20.I ___ my homework last night. (a) did (b) do (c) does
  21. 21.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  22. 22.Make a sentence: Riya / her / wrote / letter / to / grandmother. / a
  23. 23.🧺 What is this? (a) diya (b) picnic (c) temple (d) fireworks
  24. 24.Make a sentence: a / Riya / wrote / grandmother. / letter / her / to
  25. 25.Make a sentence: sweets / for / Grandmother / everyone. / made
  26. 26.Make a sentence: on / diyas / lit / Diwali / night. / We
  27. 27.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) was (b) is (c) were
  28. 28.Did you ___ the film? (a) watch (b) watched (c) watches
  29. 29.Make a sentence: a / to / train / We / took / Jaipur.
  30. 30.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / a / We / to / took / train
  31. 31.Make a sentence: letter / grandmother. / Riya / wrote / to / her / a
  32. 32.Make a sentence: Riya / to / grandmother. / a / her / letter / wrote
  33. 33.Make a sentence: diyas / Diwali / We / lit / night. / on
  34. 34.Make a sentence: night. / We / on / Diwali / diyas / lit
  35. 35.Make a sentence: her / grandmother. / to / Riya / letter / a / wrote
  36. 36.Make a sentence: We / to / Jaipur. / train / took / a
  37. 37.🚂 What is this? (a) beach (b) temple (c) train (d) picnic
  38. 38.Make a sentence: wrote / to / grandmother. / her / letter / Riya / a
  39. 39.Make a sentence: night. / on / diyas / Diwali / We / lit
  40. 40.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.

Answer key

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

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