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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 549 · 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 “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  2. 2.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) is (b) was (c) were
  3. 3.Make a sentence: on / We / Diwali / lit / night. / diyas
  4. 4.I ___ my homework last night. (a) did (b) do (c) does
  5. 5.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  6. 6.Make a sentence: for / sweets / made / everyone. / Grandmother
  7. 7.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) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  8. 8.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / took / to / train / a / We
  9. 9.Make a sentence: wrote / her / letter / a / to / Riya / grandmother.
  10. 10.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) taken (b) took (c) take
  11. 11.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) are (b) was (c) were
  12. 12.Make a sentence: We / lit / on / Diwali / diyas / night.
  13. 13.Make a sentence: made / sweets / for / Grandmother / everyone.
  14. 14.Make a sentence: night. / Diwali / We / diyas / lit / on
  15. 15.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) play (b) played (c) plays
  16. 16.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  17. 17.Make a sentence: Grandmother / for / everyone. / made / sweets
  18. 18.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.
  19. 19.Make a sentence: for / sweets / Grandmother / everyone. / made
  20. 20.Make a sentence: letter / Riya / grandmother. / her / wrote / a / to
  21. 21.Make a sentence: We / Jaipur. / train / to / a / took
  22. 22.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) made (b) makes (c) make
  23. 23.Did you ___ the film? (a) watches (b) watched (c) watch
  24. 24.Make a sentence: a / to / wrote / letter / grandmother. / her / Riya
  25. 25.🏖️ What is this? (a) diya (b) letter (c) beach (d) train
  26. 26.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  27. 27.Make a sentence: to / took / We / train / a / Jaipur.
  28. 28.🧺 What is this? (a) sweets (b) beach (c) train (d) picnic
  29. 29.Make a sentence: took / Jaipur. / a / We / train / to
  30. 30.Make a sentence: a / Jaipur. / took / to / train / We
  31. 31.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) goes (b) go (c) went
  32. 32.📷 What is this? (a) beach (b) camera (c) temple (d) train
  33. 33.Make a sentence: lit / diyas / on / Diwali / We / night.
  34. 34.Make a sentence: a / grandmother. / letter / to / her / wrote / Riya
  35. 35.Make a sentence: on / night. / lit / Diwali / diyas / We
  36. 36.Make a sentence: made / sweets / Grandmother / for / everyone.
  37. 37.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / We / to / train / took / a
  38. 38.Make a sentence: everyone. / sweets / Grandmother / made / for
  39. 39.Make a sentence: night. / Diwali / on / We / lit / diyas
  40. 40.🍬 What is this? (a) film (b) beach (c) picnic (d) sweets

Answer key

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

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