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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 446 · 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: We / on / diyas / lit / Diwali / night.
  2. 2.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) was (b) were (c) is
  3. 3.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) was (b) are (c) were
  4. 4.Did you ___ the film? (a) watched (b) watch (c) watches
  5. 5.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  6. 6.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  7. 7.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  8. 8.🎬 What is this? (a) camera (b) train (c) film (d) picnic
  9. 9.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) played (b) play (c) plays
  10. 10.Make a sentence: a / We / Jaipur. / took / train / to
  11. 11.Make a sentence: made / sweets / for / everyone. / Grandmother
  12. 12.🚂 What is this? (a) beach (b) sweets (c) letter (d) train
  13. 13.I ___ my homework last night. (a) do (b) did (c) does
  14. 14.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  15. 15.Make a sentence: to / wrote / Riya / grandmother. / her / a / letter
  16. 16.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) take (b) taken (c) took
  17. 17.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) made (b) makes (c) make
  18. 18.🧺 What is this? (a) camera (b) temple (c) beach (d) picnic
  19. 19.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  20. 20.Make a sentence: to / Jaipur. / train / a / We / took
  21. 21.Make a sentence: a / wrote / to / grandmother. / her / letter / Riya
  22. 22.Make a sentence: Diwali / lit / diyas / night. / We / on
  23. 23.Make a sentence: lit / night. / on / Diwali / We / diyas
  24. 24.Make a sentence: a / her / to / grandmother. / letter / wrote / Riya
  25. 25.Make a sentence: a / to / letter / Riya / her / wrote / grandmother.
  26. 26.🎆 What is this? (a) beach (b) fireworks (c) letter (d) sweets
  27. 27.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) went (b) goes (c) go
  28. 28.Make a sentence: sweets / everyone. / Grandmother / made / for
  29. 29.Make a sentence: everyone. / sweets / Grandmother / for / made
  30. 30.Make a sentence: Riya / her / to / a / grandmother. / wrote / letter
  31. 31.🛕 What is this? (a) temple (b) letter (c) beach (d) fireworks
  32. 32.Make a sentence: lit / We / on / diyas / night. / Diwali
  33. 33.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  34. 34.Make a sentence: everyone. / for / Grandmother / sweets / made
  35. 35.Make a sentence: train / Jaipur. / a / to / We / took
  36. 36.Make a sentence: We / diyas / night. / on / Diwali / lit
  37. 37.Make a sentence: We / took / to / train / a / Jaipur.
  38. 38.Make a sentence: made / for / Grandmother / sweets / everyone.
  39. 39.📷 What is this? (a) sweets (b) temple (c) diya (d) camera
  40. 40.Make a sentence: on / lit / night. / Diwali / diyas / We

Answer key

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

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