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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 480 · 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.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) were (b) is (c) was
  3. 3.Make a sentence: grandmother. / letter / wrote / Riya / her / a / to
  4. 4.🪔 What is this? (a) diya (b) fireworks (c) beach (d) picnic
  5. 5.Make a sentence: grandmother. / letter / to / Riya / wrote / her / a
  6. 6.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / to / took / train / a / We
  7. 7.Make a sentence: Riya / to / letter / wrote / grandmother. / a / her
  8. 8.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) go (b) goes (c) went
  9. 9.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  10. 10.Make a sentence: to / a / Jaipur. / train / took / We
  11. 11.Make a sentence: wrote / her / to / Riya / letter / grandmother. / a
  12. 12.Make a sentence: to / wrote / her / grandmother. / a / letter / Riya
  13. 13.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  14. 14.I ___ my homework last night. (a) does (b) do (c) did
  15. 15.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) taken (b) take (c) took
  16. 16.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  17. 17.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.
  18. 18.🍬 What is this? (a) camera (b) letter (c) film (d) sweets
  19. 19.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) play (b) plays (c) played
  20. 20.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) are (b) was (c) were
  21. 21.Make a sentence: made / Grandmother / for / sweets / everyone.
  22. 22.Make a sentence: We / on / Diwali / diyas / lit / night.
  23. 23.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  24. 24.🎆 What is this? (a) diya (b) camera (c) fireworks (d) sweets
  25. 25.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  26. 26.Make a sentence: for / everyone. / made / sweets / Grandmother
  27. 27.Make a sentence: lit / diyas / on / night. / Diwali / We
  28. 28.Make a sentence: Diwali / night. / on / lit / We / diyas
  29. 29.Make a sentence: took / to / We / train / a / Jaipur.
  30. 30.Make a sentence: diyas / Diwali / lit / We / on / night.
  31. 31.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  32. 32.Make a sentence: We / a / train / Jaipur. / took / to
  33. 33.Make a sentence: to / her / a / grandmother. / wrote / letter / Riya
  34. 34.🏖️ What is this? (a) beach (b) picnic (c) camera (d) sweets
  35. 35.Make a sentence: lit / We / on / night. / Diwali / diyas
  36. 36.Make a sentence: for / everyone. / sweets / Grandmother / made
  37. 37.Make a sentence: took / Jaipur. / to / a / train / We
  38. 38.Make a sentence: night. / We / lit / diyas / on / Diwali
  39. 39.Make a sentence: Diwali / We / night. / diyas / lit / on
  40. 40.Make a sentence: took / train / to / a / Jaipur. / We

Answer key

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

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