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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 529 · 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.Make a sentence: night. / on / We / lit / diyas / Diwali
  2. 2.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) were (b) was (c) is
  3. 3.🛕 What is this? (a) picnic (b) camera (c) diya (d) temple
  4. 4.Make a sentence: on / Diwali / night. / lit / We / diyas
  5. 5.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) makes (b) made (c) make
  6. 6.🏖️ What is this? (a) film (b) train (c) beach (d) temple
  7. 7.Make a sentence: her / a / grandmother. / wrote / Riya / letter / to
  8. 8.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  9. 9.Make a sentence: a / train / Jaipur. / took / We / to
  10. 10.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) goes (b) go (c) went
  11. 11.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  12. 12.Did you ___ the film? (a) watches (b) watch (c) watched
  13. 13.Make a sentence: grandmother. / her / wrote / a / to / Riya / letter
  14. 14.I ___ my homework last night. (a) does (b) do (c) did
  15. 15.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) play (b) played (c) plays
  16. 16.🍬 What is this? (a) fireworks (b) diya (c) sweets (d) letter
  17. 17.Make a sentence: everyone. / for / Grandmother / made / sweets
  18. 18.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) was (b) were (c) are
  19. 19.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) take (b) took (c) taken
  20. 20.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  21. 21.Make a sentence: everyone. / sweets / made / Grandmother / for
  22. 22.Make a sentence: train / took / to / a / We / Jaipur.
  23. 23.Make a sentence: a / took / Jaipur. / to / train / We
  24. 24.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  25. 25.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  26. 26.🎬 What is this? (a) letter (b) film (c) diya (d) train
  27. 27.Make a sentence: grandmother. / Riya / wrote / her / to / letter / a
  28. 28.🚂 What is this? (a) sweets (b) beach (c) diya (d) train
  29. 29.Make a sentence: grandmother. / Riya / letter / to / wrote / a / her
  30. 30.Make a sentence: train / We / took / to / Jaipur. / a
  31. 31.Make a sentence: for / sweets / Grandmother / made / everyone.
  32. 32.Make a sentence: Diwali / We / diyas / night. / lit / on
  33. 33.Make a sentence: letter / her / a / to / wrote / grandmother. / Riya
  34. 34.Make a sentence: lit / Diwali / night. / diyas / We / on
  35. 35.🧺 What is this? (a) temple (b) sweets (c) picnic (d) camera
  36. 36.Make a sentence: wrote / to / her / grandmother. / a / Riya / letter
  37. 37.Make a sentence: took / We / Jaipur. / a / train / to
  38. 38.Make a sentence: diyas / on / Diwali / night. / We / lit
  39. 39.📷 What is this? (a) diya (b) camera (c) letter (d) train
  40. 40.Make a sentence: sweets / for / made / everyone. / Grandmother

Answer key

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

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