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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

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

Answer key

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

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