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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 462 · 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 “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  2. 2.I ___ my homework last night. (a) does (b) do (c) did
  3. 3.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) make (b) made (c) makes
  4. 4.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) play (b) plays (c) played
  5. 5.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  6. 6.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) is (b) was (c) were
  7. 7.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  8. 8.🎆 What is this? (a) train (b) film (c) picnic (d) fireworks
  9. 9.Make a sentence: diyas / night. / Diwali / lit / We / on
  10. 10.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) went (b) go (c) goes
  11. 11.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  12. 12.✉️ What is this? (a) camera (b) letter (c) train (d) beach
  13. 13.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) took (b) take (c) taken
  14. 14.Make a sentence: on / We / lit / Diwali / diyas / night.
  15. 15.Make a sentence: everyone. / sweets / for / Grandmother / made
  16. 16.🛕 What is this? (a) sweets (b) temple (c) train (d) film
  17. 17.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  18. 18.Did you ___ the film? (a) watched (b) watches (c) watch
  19. 19.Make a sentence: to / Jaipur. / took / We / train / a
  20. 20.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  21. 21.🚂 What is this? (a) film (b) train (c) diya (d) fireworks
  22. 22.Make a sentence: night. / Diwali / on / lit / We / diyas
  23. 23.Make a sentence: sweets / Grandmother / for / made / everyone.
  24. 24.Make a sentence: everyone. / made / for / Grandmother / sweets
  25. 25.Make a sentence: letter / to / her / a / grandmother. / Riya / wrote
  26. 26.Make a sentence: sweets / for / everyone. / Grandmother / made
  27. 27.Make a sentence: a / took / to / train / Jaipur. / We
  28. 28.Make a sentence: We / Jaipur. / to / train / took / a
  29. 29.Make a sentence: sweets / made / for / everyone. / Grandmother
  30. 30.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) are (b) were (c) was
  31. 31.Make a sentence: for / everyone. / sweets / Grandmother / made
  32. 32.Make a sentence: Grandmother / made / for / sweets / everyone.
  33. 33.Make a sentence: lit / Diwali / night. / diyas / We / on
  34. 34.🏖️ What is this? (a) beach (b) train (c) picnic (d) diya
  35. 35.Make a sentence: to / Jaipur. / took / train / a / We
  36. 36.Make a sentence: train / to / We / took / a / Jaipur.
  37. 37.Make a sentence: sweets / for / Grandmother / made / everyone.
  38. 38.Make a sentence: everyone. / sweets / for / made / Grandmother
  39. 39.🍬 What is this? (a) diya (b) temple (c) train (d) sweets
  40. 40.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / took / a / to / train / We

Answer key

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

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