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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 495 · 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.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) play (b) plays (c) played
  2. 2.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) went (b) go (c) goes
  3. 3.Make a sentence: for / made / sweets / everyone. / Grandmother
  4. 4.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) was (b) are (c) were
  5. 5.Make a sentence: lit / diyas / on / night. / We / Diwali
  6. 6.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) makes (b) make (c) made
  7. 7.Make a sentence: letter / grandmother. / a / Riya / her / to / wrote
  8. 8.🏖️ What is this? (a) fireworks (b) camera (c) beach (d) picnic
  9. 9.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) was (b) were (c) is
  10. 10.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  11. 11.Did you ___ the film? (a) watch (b) watches (c) watched
  12. 12.🛕 What is this? (a) letter (b) temple (c) diya (d) picnic
  13. 13.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) taken (b) took (c) take
  14. 14.Make a sentence: night. / diyas / Diwali / on / lit / We
  15. 15.Make a sentence: sweets / everyone. / made / Grandmother / for
  16. 16.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  17. 17.Make a sentence: a / to / Jaipur. / We / took / train
  18. 18.🍬 What is this? (a) film (b) temple (c) sweets (d) letter
  19. 19.🧺 What is this? (a) train (b) temple (c) picnic (d) diya
  20. 20.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.
  21. 21.🎆 What is this? (a) picnic (b) diya (c) fireworks (d) beach
  22. 22.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  23. 23.Make a sentence: grandmother. / letter / wrote / to / Riya / her / a
  24. 24.Make a sentence: took / We / train / to / a / Jaipur.
  25. 25.✉️ What is this? (a) film (b) letter (c) fireworks (d) temple
  26. 26.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / to / a / train / We / took
  27. 27.Make a sentence: letter / grandmother. / her / wrote / a / Riya / to
  28. 28.🪔 What is this? (a) temple (b) diya (c) picnic (d) sweets
  29. 29.Make a sentence: night. / diyas / on / Diwali / lit / We
  30. 30.Make a sentence: We / lit / diyas / Diwali / night. / on
  31. 31.Make a sentence: for / Grandmother / everyone. / sweets / made
  32. 32.Make a sentence: Grandmother / for / sweets / everyone. / made
  33. 33.Make a sentence: Grandmother / sweets / made / for / everyone.
  34. 34.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  35. 35.Make a sentence: train / a / We / to / took / Jaipur.
  36. 36.🚂 What is this? (a) sweets (b) picnic (c) camera (d) train
  37. 37.Make a sentence: Riya / wrote / to / a / grandmother. / letter / her
  38. 38.Make a sentence: We / train / to / took / a / Jaipur.
  39. 39.Make a sentence: for / Grandmother / sweets / made / everyone.
  40. 40.Make a sentence: diyas / on / lit / Diwali / We / night.

Answer key

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

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