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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 44 · 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 “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  2. 2.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) played (b) plays (c) play
  3. 3.Make a sentence: her / to / letter / a / Riya / wrote / grandmother.
  4. 4.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) take (b) took (c) taken
  5. 5.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) go (b) went (c) goes
  6. 6.Make a sentence: sweets / everyone. / Grandmother / for / made
  7. 7.I ___ my homework last night. (a) did (b) do (c) does
  8. 8.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  9. 9.🎬 What is this? (a) temple (b) train (c) beach (d) film
  10. 10.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) make (b) makes (c) made
  11. 11.Make a sentence: grandmother. / her / wrote / to / Riya / letter / a
  12. 12.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) were (b) are (c) was
  13. 13.Make a sentence: sweets / Grandmother / made / for / everyone.
  14. 14.🛕 What is this? (a) temple (b) diya (c) film (d) picnic
  15. 15.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  16. 16.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) were (b) is (c) was
  17. 17.Make a sentence: night. / on / Diwali / lit / diyas / We
  18. 18.🍬 What is this? (a) diya (b) picnic (c) sweets (d) train
  19. 19.Make a sentence: lit / on / night. / diyas / Diwali / We
  20. 20.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  21. 21.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  22. 22.Did you ___ the film? (a) watch (b) watches (c) watched
  23. 23.Make a sentence: took / We / train / Jaipur. / a / to
  24. 24.Make a sentence: Riya / to / letter / wrote / grandmother. / her / a
  25. 25.Make a sentence: for / Grandmother / made / sweets / everyone.
  26. 26.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  27. 27.Make a sentence: sweets / everyone. / Grandmother / made / for
  28. 28.🧺 What is this? (a) camera (b) train (c) picnic (d) film
  29. 29.Make a sentence: everyone. / Grandmother / made / sweets / for
  30. 30.Make a sentence: Riya / letter / her / grandmother. / to / wrote / a
  31. 31.🚂 What is this? (a) beach (b) film (c) train (d) picnic
  32. 32.Make a sentence: to / a / her / wrote / grandmother. / Riya / letter
  33. 33.Make a sentence: everyone. / Grandmother / for / made / sweets
  34. 34.Make a sentence: on / diyas / Diwali / night. / We / lit
  35. 35.Make a sentence: night. / Diwali / We / on / diyas / lit
  36. 36.Make a sentence: We / Jaipur. / to / train / a / took
  37. 37.Make a sentence: Riya / her / to / a / grandmother. / wrote / letter
  38. 38.Make a sentence: sweets / Grandmother / made / everyone. / for
  39. 39.Make a sentence: on / night. / We / lit / Diwali / diyas
  40. 40.Make a sentence: a / Jaipur. / train / to / We / took

Answer key

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

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