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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 60 · 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: Diwali / lit / diyas / We / on / night.
  2. 2.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) take (b) taken (c) took
  3. 3.I ___ my homework last night. (a) did (b) does (c) do
  4. 4.Make a sentence: We / lit / on / diyas / Diwali / night.
  5. 5.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  6. 6.Make a sentence: grandmother. / letter / her / a / Riya / to / wrote
  7. 7.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  8. 8.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) went (b) goes (c) go
  9. 9.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) played (b) play (c) plays
  10. 10.Make a sentence: sweets / for / made / everyone. / Grandmother
  11. 11.✉️ What is this? (a) fireworks (b) film (c) letter (d) diya
  12. 12.Make a sentence: on / lit / Diwali / diyas / We / night.
  13. 13.Make a sentence: diyas / night. / Diwali / on / We / lit
  14. 14.Did you ___ the film? (a) watched (b) watch (c) watches
  15. 15.Make a sentence: wrote / a / letter / Riya / grandmother. / her / to
  16. 16.Make a sentence: to / train / We / a / took / Jaipur.
  17. 17.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  18. 18.🪔 What is this? (a) diya (b) temple (c) sweets (d) train
  19. 19.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  20. 20.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) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  21. 21.Make a sentence: her / to / letter / a / Riya / wrote / grandmother.
  22. 22.Make a sentence: a / train / took / Jaipur. / We / to
  23. 23.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) was (b) are (c) were
  24. 24.🎆 What is this? (a) sweets (b) film (c) fireworks (d) picnic
  25. 25.Make a sentence: wrote / grandmother. / a / to / her / Riya / letter
  26. 26.Make a sentence: everyone. / sweets / for / Grandmother / made
  27. 27.Make a sentence: to / letter / wrote / Riya / her / grandmother. / a
  28. 28.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  29. 29.Make a sentence: made / everyone. / for / Grandmother / sweets
  30. 30.Make a sentence: on / Diwali / night. / lit / We / diyas
  31. 31.🛕 What is this? (a) diya (b) sweets (c) temple (d) camera
  32. 32.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) makes (b) make (c) made
  33. 33.Make a sentence: to / train / took / a / Jaipur. / We
  34. 34.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) is (b) were (c) was
  35. 35.Make a sentence: We / took / Jaipur. / train / a / to
  36. 36.Make a sentence: for / sweets / everyone. / made / Grandmother
  37. 37.🚂 What is this? (a) picnic (b) train (c) fireworks (d) beach
  38. 38.Make a sentence: lit / Diwali / night. / diyas / on / We
  39. 39.Make a sentence: sweets / for / everyone. / made / Grandmother
  40. 40.Make a sentence: We / on / lit / Diwali / diyas / night.

Answer key

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

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