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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 431 · 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) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  2. 2.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) go (b) goes (c) went
  3. 3.Make a sentence: everyone. / for / Grandmother / made / sweets
  4. 4.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  5. 5.🪔 What is this? (a) camera (b) diya (c) picnic (d) beach
  6. 6.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) are (b) were (c) was
  7. 7.Make a sentence: Diwali / diyas / We / night. / lit / on
  8. 8.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) were (b) was (c) is
  9. 9.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  10. 10.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  11. 11.Did you ___ the film? (a) watch (b) watched (c) watches
  12. 12.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) played (b) play (c) plays
  13. 13.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) taken (b) take (c) took
  14. 14.🛕 What is this? (a) train (b) temple (c) letter (d) fireworks
  15. 15.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.
  16. 16.Make a sentence: her / wrote / to / grandmother. / a / Riya / letter
  17. 17.Make a sentence: on / Diwali / night. / lit / diyas / We
  18. 18.🧺 What is this? (a) temple (b) train (c) camera (d) picnic
  19. 19.Make a sentence: night. / diyas / lit / on / Diwali / We
  20. 20.I ___ my homework last night. (a) does (b) do (c) did
  21. 21.Make a sentence: letter / wrote / Riya / her / to / a / grandmother.
  22. 22.Make a sentence: a / grandmother. / Riya / to / letter / wrote / her
  23. 23.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  24. 24.Make a sentence: for / Grandmother / made / everyone. / sweets
  25. 25.Make a sentence: train / Jaipur. / took / We / to / a
  26. 26.🎆 What is this? (a) diya (b) temple (c) beach (d) fireworks
  27. 27.Make a sentence: made / everyone. / sweets / Grandmother / for
  28. 28.Make a sentence: We / night. / lit / diyas / Diwali / on
  29. 29.Make a sentence: train / Jaipur. / to / We / a / took
  30. 30.Make a sentence: night. / diyas / We / Diwali / lit / on
  31. 31.Make a sentence: a / grandmother. / Riya / letter / her / wrote / to
  32. 32.🚂 What is this? (a) picnic (b) train (c) fireworks (d) diya
  33. 33.Make a sentence: lit / on / night. / We / diyas / Diwali
  34. 34.🍬 What is this? (a) sweets (b) picnic (c) diya (d) train
  35. 35.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) made (b) makes (c) make
  36. 36.Make a sentence: night. / We / Diwali / lit / diyas / on
  37. 37.Make a sentence: for / everyone. / Grandmother / sweets / made
  38. 38.Make a sentence: night. / We / Diwali / diyas / on / lit
  39. 39.✉️ What is this? (a) beach (b) diya (c) letter (d) film
  40. 40.Make a sentence: on / diyas / Diwali / We / lit / night.

Answer key

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

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