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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 612 · 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 lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  2. 2.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  3. 3.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) was (b) are (c) were
  4. 4.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) made (b) make (c) makes
  5. 5.Make a sentence: We / diyas / lit / night. / on / Diwali
  6. 6.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) played (b) plays (c) play
  7. 7.Did you ___ the film? (a) watch (b) watched (c) watches
  8. 8.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) went (b) goes (c) go
  9. 9.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  10. 10.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  11. 11.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) were (b) is (c) was
  12. 12.🏖️ What is this? (a) diya (b) film (c) beach (d) letter
  13. 13.I ___ my homework last night. (a) did (b) do (c) does
  14. 14.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  15. 15.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  16. 16.Make a sentence: We / on / night. / lit / Diwali / diyas
  17. 17.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) take (b) took (c) taken
  18. 18.Make a sentence: train / took / Jaipur. / to / a / We
  19. 19.Make a sentence: night. / diyas / lit / We / Diwali / on
  20. 20.✉️ What is this? (a) train (b) film (c) camera (d) letter
  21. 21.Make a sentence: sweets / Grandmother / everyone. / for / made
  22. 22.Make a sentence: on / We / diyas / Diwali / night. / lit
  23. 23.Make a sentence: for / Grandmother / sweets / made / everyone.
  24. 24.Make a sentence: her / wrote / a / to / grandmother. / letter / Riya
  25. 25.Make a sentence: everyone. / Grandmother / made / sweets / for
  26. 26.📷 What is this? (a) picnic (b) letter (c) diya (d) camera
  27. 27.Make a sentence: Grandmother / everyone. / for / made / sweets
  28. 28.Make a sentence: night. / on / lit / We / diyas / Diwali
  29. 29.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / a / train / to / We / took
  30. 30.Make a sentence: night. / lit / on / We / Diwali / diyas
  31. 31.Make a sentence: night. / lit / diyas / Diwali / We / on
  32. 32.Make a sentence: Riya / to / letter / wrote / her / grandmother. / a
  33. 33.Make a sentence: Diwali / lit / night. / on / diyas / We
  34. 34.🎬 What is this? (a) train (b) sweets (c) film (d) camera
  35. 35.Make a sentence: to / train / took / a / Jaipur. / We
  36. 36.Make a sentence: train / We / Jaipur. / a / to / took
  37. 37.Make a sentence: sweets / made / for / everyone. / Grandmother
  38. 38.Make a sentence: a / her / to / grandmother. / letter / Riya / wrote
  39. 39.🚂 What is this? (a) picnic (b) diya (c) letter (d) train
  40. 40.Make a sentence: for / everyone. / sweets / made / Grandmother

Answer key

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

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