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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 450 · 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.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) makes (b) make (c) made
  2. 2.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) go (b) went (c) goes
  3. 3.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) plays (b) played (c) play
  4. 4.Did you ___ the film? (a) watched (b) watch (c) watches
  5. 5.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  6. 6.Make a sentence: We / lit / night. / Diwali / diyas / on
  7. 7.I ___ my homework last night. (a) did (b) does (c) do
  8. 8.Make a sentence: to / her / letter / wrote / Riya / grandmother. / a
  9. 9.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  10. 10.Make a sentence: lit / on / We / Diwali / night. / diyas
  11. 11.Make a sentence: a / Riya / grandmother. / to / her / wrote / letter
  12. 12.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.
  13. 13.Make a sentence: to / grandmother. / Riya / wrote / her / a / letter
  14. 14.Make a sentence: took / Jaipur. / to / We / train / a
  15. 15.🚂 What is this? (a) film (b) sweets (c) camera (d) train
  16. 16.Make a sentence: Riya / a / grandmother. / her / wrote / letter / to
  17. 17.🎆 What is this? (a) beach (b) film (c) letter (d) fireworks
  18. 18.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) is (b) were (c) was
  19. 19.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) taken (b) took (c) take
  20. 20.✉️ What is this? (a) sweets (b) beach (c) camera (d) letter
  21. 21.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  22. 22.🪔 What is this? (a) temple (b) film (c) diya (d) beach
  23. 23.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) were (b) are (c) was
  24. 24.Make a sentence: a / Jaipur. / train / to / We / took
  25. 25.🏖️ What is this? (a) beach (b) diya (c) train (d) sweets
  26. 26.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  27. 27.Make a sentence: We / on / Diwali / diyas / night. / lit
  28. 28.🧺 What is this? (a) camera (b) fireworks (c) picnic (d) beach
  29. 29.Make a sentence: diyas / night. / lit / We / on / Diwali
  30. 30.Make a sentence: diyas / We / on / Diwali / night. / lit
  31. 31.🛕 What is this? (a) temple (b) diya (c) train (d) picnic
  32. 32.Make a sentence: made / Grandmother / everyone. / for / sweets
  33. 33.Make a sentence: took / Jaipur. / train / a / We / to
  34. 34.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  35. 35.Make a sentence: grandmother. / Riya / letter / a / wrote / to / her
  36. 36.Make a sentence: took / to / a / train / Jaipur. / We
  37. 37.Make a sentence: made / for / sweets / Grandmother / everyone.
  38. 38.Make a sentence: her / a / grandmother. / letter / Riya / to / wrote
  39. 39.Make a sentence: night. / diyas / on / lit / We / Diwali
  40. 40.Make a sentence: Riya / a / to / her / letter / grandmother. / wrote

Answer key

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

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