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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 620 · 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) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  2. 2.🏖️ What is this? (a) beach (b) fireworks (c) letter (d) picnic
  3. 3.Did you ___ the film? (a) watched (b) watch (c) watches
  4. 4.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) are (b) was (c) were
  5. 5.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) made (b) makes (c) make
  6. 6.🎬 What is this? (a) film (b) picnic (c) camera (d) train
  7. 7.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  8. 8.Make a sentence: on / night. / lit / Diwali / diyas / We
  9. 9.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) plays (b) played (c) play
  10. 10.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  11. 11.Make a sentence: everyone. / Grandmother / for / made / sweets
  12. 12.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) was (b) is (c) were
  13. 13.Make a sentence: Riya / to / letter / her / wrote / grandmother. / a
  14. 14.Make a sentence: took / train / We / to / a / Jaipur.
  15. 15.I ___ my homework last night. (a) do (b) did (c) does
  16. 16.Make a sentence: made / everyone. / for / Grandmother / sweets
  17. 17.Make a sentence: a / train / to / Jaipur. / We / took
  18. 18.Make a sentence: Diwali / night. / on / We / diyas / lit
  19. 19.🎆 What is this? (a) sweets (b) camera (c) train (d) fireworks
  20. 20.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  21. 21.Make a sentence: night. / diyas / lit / We / Diwali / on
  22. 22.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) go (b) goes (c) went
  23. 23.🛕 What is this? (a) letter (b) train (c) temple (d) beach
  24. 24.Make a sentence: her / Riya / to / wrote / a / letter / grandmother.
  25. 25.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  26. 26.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  27. 27.✉️ What is this? (a) picnic (b) beach (c) letter (d) film
  28. 28.Make a sentence: on / night. / We / lit / diyas / Diwali
  29. 29.Make a sentence: diyas / night. / Diwali / We / lit / on
  30. 30.Make a sentence: We / Diwali / on / night. / lit / diyas
  31. 31.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  32. 32.✉️ What is this? (a) camera (b) temple (c) beach (d) letter
  33. 33.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) taken (b) take (c) took
  34. 34.Make a sentence: We / diyas / night. / lit / on / Diwali
  35. 35.Make a sentence: for / Grandmother / made / sweets / everyone.
  36. 36.Make a sentence: We / train / took / Jaipur. / a / to
  37. 37.Make a sentence: lit / Diwali / night. / on / diyas / We
  38. 38.Make a sentence: We / lit / night. / Diwali / diyas / on
  39. 39.Make a sentence: to / a / her / grandmother. / letter / wrote / Riya
  40. 40.Make a sentence: everyone. / made / for / sweets / Grandmother

Answer key

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

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