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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 507 · 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.Did you ___ the film? (a) watch (b) watches (c) watched
  2. 2.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  3. 3.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  4. 4.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) were (b) are (c) was
  5. 5.Make a sentence: wrote / her / to / letter / Riya / grandmother. / a
  6. 6.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) take (b) taken (c) took
  7. 7.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  8. 8.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  9. 9.Make a sentence: night. / Diwali / lit / diyas / We / on
  10. 10.🧺 What is this? (a) picnic (b) camera (c) film (d) temple
  11. 11.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / a / took / We / to / train
  12. 12.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) was (b) is (c) were
  13. 13.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / a / train / to / We / took
  14. 14.🪔 What is this? (a) train (b) picnic (c) temple (d) diya
  15. 15.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) makes (b) make (c) made
  16. 16.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  17. 17.📷 What is this? (a) letter (b) camera (c) picnic (d) film
  18. 18.Make a sentence: diyas / on / Diwali / lit / We / night.
  19. 19.✉️ What is this? (a) film (b) letter (c) beach (d) fireworks
  20. 20.Make a sentence: made / everyone. / for / sweets / Grandmother
  21. 21.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) go (b) goes (c) went
  22. 22.Make a sentence: sweets / everyone. / Grandmother / for / made
  23. 23.I ___ my homework last night. (a) does (b) did (c) do
  24. 24.🍬 What is this? (a) letter (b) sweets (c) picnic (d) train
  25. 25.Make a sentence: a / Riya / letter / grandmother. / to / wrote / her
  26. 26.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) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  27. 27.Make a sentence: lit / on / diyas / Diwali / night. / We
  28. 28.Make a sentence: train / Jaipur. / a / to / took / We
  29. 29.Make a sentence: diyas / lit / on / Diwali / night. / We
  30. 30.🛕 What is this? (a) diya (b) sweets (c) fireworks (d) temple
  31. 31.🏖️ What is this? (a) beach (b) diya (c) fireworks (d) letter
  32. 32.Make a sentence: took / We / to / train / a / Jaipur.
  33. 33.Make a sentence: on / Diwali / lit / diyas / We / night.
  34. 34.🎬 What is this? (a) sweets (b) fireworks (c) film (d) temple
  35. 35.Make a sentence: to / a / wrote / grandmother. / letter / Riya / her
  36. 36.Make a sentence: grandmother. / a / her / Riya / to / letter / wrote
  37. 37.Make a sentence: everyone. / Grandmother / for / made / sweets
  38. 38.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) plays (b) play (c) played
  39. 39.Make a sentence: took / train / a / to / Jaipur. / We
  40. 40.Make a sentence: Grandmother / for / sweets / everyone. / made

Answer key

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

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