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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 621 · 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) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  2. 2.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) was (b) were (c) are
  3. 3.Make a sentence: to / train / a / took / Jaipur. / We
  4. 4.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) makes (b) made (c) make
  5. 5.Make a sentence: grandmother. / Riya / her / a / wrote / letter / to
  6. 6.Did you ___ the film? (a) watches (b) watch (c) watched
  7. 7.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  8. 8.🛕 What is this? (a) picnic (b) camera (c) temple (d) diya
  9. 9.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  10. 10.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) is (b) was (c) were
  11. 11.🧺 What is this? (a) picnic (b) train (c) temple (d) beach
  12. 12.Make a sentence: diyas / We / night. / lit / on / Diwali
  13. 13.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) play (b) plays (c) played
  14. 14.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) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  15. 15.Make a sentence: letter / a / Riya / her / grandmother. / wrote / to
  16. 16.I ___ my homework last night. (a) do (b) does (c) did
  17. 17.Make a sentence: lit / Diwali / night. / We / on / diyas
  18. 18.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  19. 19.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  20. 20.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) go (b) went (c) goes
  21. 21.Make a sentence: Grandmother / everyone. / for / sweets / made
  22. 22.🪔 What is this? (a) picnic (b) beach (c) diya (d) fireworks
  23. 23.🚂 What is this? (a) temple (b) letter (c) train (d) fireworks
  24. 24.🎆 What is this? (a) camera (b) sweets (c) film (d) fireworks
  25. 25.Make a sentence: train / took / Jaipur. / We / a / to
  26. 26.Make a sentence: letter / to / Riya / a / her / wrote / grandmother.
  27. 27.Make a sentence: wrote / grandmother. / her / Riya / letter / to / a
  28. 28.Make a sentence: took / a / Jaipur. / to / train / We
  29. 29.Make a sentence: Diwali / We / diyas / night. / lit / on
  30. 30.Make a sentence: train / to / a / Jaipur. / We / took
  31. 31.Make a sentence: night. / lit / We / diyas / Diwali / on
  32. 32.✉️ What is this? (a) film (b) beach (c) fireworks (d) letter
  33. 33.Make a sentence: Grandmother / for / made / everyone. / sweets
  34. 34.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) take (b) took (c) taken
  35. 35.Make a sentence: We / on / night. / Diwali / lit / diyas
  36. 36.Make a sentence: took / train / a / Jaipur. / to / We
  37. 37.Did you ___ the film? (a) watch (b) watched (c) watches
  38. 38.Make a sentence: wrote / Riya / a / her / grandmother. / to / letter
  39. 39.Make a sentence: made / sweets / for / Grandmother / everyone.
  40. 40.Make a sentence: Diwali / night. / diyas / lit / We / on

Answer key

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

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