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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 651 · 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) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  2. 2.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  3. 3.Make a sentence: We / a / train / to / took / Jaipur.
  4. 4.Make a sentence: made / everyone. / for / Grandmother / sweets
  5. 5.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) were (b) are (c) was
  6. 6.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) goes (b) went (c) go
  7. 7.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) was (b) were (c) is
  8. 8.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) makes (b) make (c) made
  9. 9.Make a sentence: lit / diyas / night. / We / on / Diwali
  10. 10.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) take (b) taken (c) took
  11. 11.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  12. 12.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  13. 13.Make a sentence: for / sweets / everyone. / made / Grandmother
  14. 14.Make a sentence: night. / diyas / on / Diwali / We / lit
  15. 15.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) played (b) plays (c) play
  16. 16.Make a sentence: Diwali / on / We / diyas / lit / night.
  17. 17.🎆 What is this? (a) temple (b) fireworks (c) letter (d) picnic
  18. 18.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  19. 19.Make a sentence: night. / on / We / Diwali / diyas / lit
  20. 20.Make a sentence: We / on / diyas / Diwali / night. / lit
  21. 21.🛕 What is this? (a) temple (b) picnic (c) sweets (d) train
  22. 22.Make a sentence: to / letter / Riya / a / her / wrote / grandmother.
  23. 23.Make a sentence: made / everyone. / sweets / Grandmother / for
  24. 24.Make a sentence: diyas / night. / lit / on / Diwali / We
  25. 25.Did you ___ the film? (a) watches (b) watched (c) watch
  26. 26.🎬 What is this? (a) letter (b) film (c) train (d) fireworks
  27. 27.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  28. 28.I ___ my homework last night. (a) does (b) did (c) do
  29. 29.🚂 What is this? (a) train (b) camera (c) picnic (d) temple
  30. 30.Make a sentence: wrote / Riya / letter / her / a / grandmother. / to
  31. 31.Make a sentence: We / night. / lit / diyas / on / Diwali
  32. 32.Make a sentence: diyas / on / night. / We / lit / Diwali
  33. 33.Make a sentence: lit / Diwali / diyas / We / on / night.
  34. 34.Make a sentence: took / Jaipur. / to / We / a / train
  35. 35.Make a sentence: Diwali / night. / on / We / lit / diyas
  36. 36.🏖️ What is this? (a) beach (b) fireworks (c) temple (d) train
  37. 37.✉️ What is this? (a) film (b) letter (c) fireworks (d) diya
  38. 38.Make a sentence: Diwali / on / We / night. / lit / diyas
  39. 39.Make a sentence: made / Grandmother / everyone. / for / sweets
  40. 40.Make a sentence: took / to / We / train / a / Jaipur.

Answer key

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

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