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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 420 · 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: diyas / lit / We / on / night. / Diwali
  2. 2.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) go (b) went (c) goes
  3. 3.I ___ my homework last night. (a) do (b) does (c) did
  4. 4.🧺 What is this? (a) film (b) train (c) letter (d) picnic
  5. 5.Make a sentence: night. / lit / on / Diwali / We / diyas
  6. 6.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  7. 7.🛕 What is this? (a) camera (b) temple (c) fireworks (d) beach
  8. 8.Make a sentence: Diwali / on / diyas / night. / lit / We
  9. 9.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) were (b) was (c) is
  10. 10.Make a sentence: Grandmother / made / sweets / everyone. / for
  11. 11.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  12. 12.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) take (b) taken (c) took
  13. 13.Make a sentence: everyone. / sweets / Grandmother / for / made
  14. 14.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) made (b) make (c) makes
  15. 15.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  16. 16.Make a sentence: everyone. / sweets / made / for / Grandmother
  17. 17.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) are (b) was (c) were
  18. 18.Make a sentence: to / took / train / a / Jaipur. / We
  19. 19.🏖️ What is this? (a) temple (b) camera (c) letter (d) beach
  20. 20.Make a sentence: everyone. / Grandmother / for / sweets / made
  21. 21.Make a sentence: wrote / her / Riya / a / letter / grandmother. / to
  22. 22.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  23. 23.🚂 What is this? (a) fireworks (b) beach (c) train (d) picnic
  24. 24.Make a sentence: for / Grandmother / made / sweets / everyone.
  25. 25.Make a sentence: to / wrote / Riya / grandmother. / letter / her / a
  26. 26.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) plays (b) played (c) play
  27. 27.Make a sentence: Diwali / We / lit / on / night. / diyas
  28. 28.Make a sentence: Diwali / lit / night. / on / We / diyas
  29. 29.🪔 What is this? (a) beach (b) fireworks (c) diya (d) film
  30. 30.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / took / to / train / We / a
  31. 31.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  32. 32.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  33. 33.Make a sentence: lit / night. / Diwali / diyas / We / on
  34. 34.🎬 What is this? (a) picnic (b) letter (c) film (d) beach
  35. 35.Make a sentence: lit / night. / Diwali / on / We / diyas
  36. 36.Make a sentence: for / everyone. / sweets / made / Grandmother
  37. 37.Make a sentence: to / a / We / Jaipur. / train / took
  38. 38.Make a sentence: for / Grandmother / made / everyone. / sweets
  39. 39.Make a sentence: made / everyone. / Grandmother / sweets / for
  40. 40.Make a sentence: letter / Riya / her / a / to / wrote / grandmother.

Answer key

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

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