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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 52 · 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.🎬 What is this? (a) camera (b) sweets (c) temple (d) film
  3. 3.Make a sentence: to / Jaipur. / took / We / a / train
  4. 4.🛕 What is this? (a) train (b) picnic (c) temple (d) camera
  5. 5.Make a sentence: a / We / to / took / train / Jaipur.
  6. 6.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) took (b) taken (c) take
  7. 7.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) was (b) were (c) are
  8. 8.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) play (b) played (c) plays
  9. 9.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  10. 10.🧺 What is this? (a) temple (b) picnic (c) film (d) beach
  11. 11.Make a sentence: a / grandmother. / letter / Riya / her / to / wrote
  12. 12.Make a sentence: sweets / everyone. / for / made / Grandmother
  13. 13.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) makes (b) made (c) make
  14. 14.Make a sentence: on / diyas / night. / Diwali / lit / We
  15. 15.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  16. 16.Make a sentence: We / night. / lit / on / diyas / Diwali
  17. 17.I ___ my homework last night. (a) does (b) did (c) do
  18. 18.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  19. 19.Make a sentence: everyone. / Grandmother / sweets / made / for
  20. 20.Make a sentence: grandmother. / a / to / wrote / Riya / letter / her
  21. 21.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / We / to / took / a / train
  22. 22.Make a sentence: We / to / took / Jaipur. / a / train
  23. 23.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  24. 24.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) was (b) were (c) is
  25. 25.🎆 What is this? (a) beach (b) fireworks (c) picnic (d) train
  26. 26.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  27. 27.🏖️ What is this? (a) letter (b) picnic (c) train (d) beach
  28. 28.Make a sentence: grandmother. / wrote / letter / Riya / to / a / her
  29. 29.Make a sentence: everyone. / made / Grandmother / for / sweets
  30. 30.Make a sentence: night. / Diwali / lit / diyas / We / on
  31. 31.Did you ___ the film? (a) watch (b) watches (c) watched
  32. 32.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) goes (b) go (c) went
  33. 33.Make a sentence: on / Diwali / night. / diyas / We / lit
  34. 34.🪔 What is this? (a) diya (b) train (c) letter (d) sweets
  35. 35.Make a sentence: sweets / Grandmother / everyone. / for / made
  36. 36.Make a sentence: grandmother. / letter / to / wrote / Riya / a / her
  37. 37.✉️ What is this? (a) fireworks (b) picnic (c) letter (d) camera
  38. 38.Make a sentence: Diwali / night. / lit / We / diyas / on
  39. 39.Make a sentence: We / night. / lit / Diwali / diyas / on
  40. 40.Make a sentence: wrote / grandmother. / a / to / Riya / letter / her

Answer key

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

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