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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 652 · 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.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) made (b) make (c) makes
  2. 2.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  3. 3.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  4. 4.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) was (b) are (c) were
  5. 5.Make a sentence: for / made / sweets / everyone. / Grandmother
  6. 6.I ___ my homework last night. (a) do (b) does (c) did
  7. 7.Make a sentence: made / for / everyone. / sweets / Grandmother
  8. 8.Make a sentence: night. / Diwali / on / We / diyas / lit
  9. 9.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) go (b) goes (c) went
  10. 10.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) taken (b) take (c) took
  11. 11.Make a sentence: letter / to / grandmother. / her / a / wrote / Riya
  12. 12.Did you ___ the film? (a) watch (b) watches (c) watched
  13. 13.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  14. 14.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  15. 15.🪔 What is this? (a) diya (b) train (c) film (d) picnic
  16. 16.Make a sentence: letter / to / grandmother. / a / Riya / her / wrote
  17. 17.Make a sentence: took / We / train / Jaipur. / a / to
  18. 18.🍬 What is this? (a) fireworks (b) sweets (c) train (d) letter
  19. 19.Make a sentence: We / Diwali / diyas / lit / on / night.
  20. 20.🛕 What is this? (a) picnic (b) film (c) fireworks (d) temple
  21. 21.Make a sentence: diyas / night. / Diwali / lit / We / on
  22. 22.Make a sentence: Riya / to / her / a / letter / wrote / grandmother.
  23. 23.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  24. 24.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) were (b) is (c) was
  25. 25.Make a sentence: letter / her / to / grandmother. / a / Riya / wrote
  26. 26.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  27. 27.🏖️ What is this? (a) sweets (b) train (c) film (d) beach
  28. 28.✉️ What is this? (a) temple (b) letter (c) camera (d) film
  29. 29.Make a sentence: diyas / night. / on / Diwali / We / lit
  30. 30.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / to / train / a / We / took
  31. 31.Make a sentence: We / on / lit / Diwali / diyas / night.
  32. 32.🎬 What is this? (a) sweets (b) film (c) temple (d) beach
  33. 33.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) play (b) plays (c) played
  34. 34.Make a sentence: We / diyas / Diwali / night. / on / lit
  35. 35.Make a sentence: made / Grandmother / sweets / for / everyone.
  36. 36.Make a sentence: night. / diyas / lit / We / Diwali / on
  37. 37.Make a sentence: everyone. / made / for / Grandmother / sweets
  38. 38.Make a sentence: took / Jaipur. / a / We / to / train
  39. 39.🎆 What is this? (a) picnic (b) beach (c) letter (d) fireworks
  40. 40.Make a sentence: everyone. / sweets / made / Grandmother / for

Answer key

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

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