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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 674 · 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.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) plays (b) play (c) played
  3. 3.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  4. 4.Make a sentence: diyas / Diwali / lit / We / on / night.
  5. 5.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) are (b) were (c) was
  6. 6.Did you ___ the film? (a) watch (b) watches (c) watched
  7. 7.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  8. 8.🧺 What is this? (a) diya (b) picnic (c) train (d) beach
  9. 9.Make a sentence: on / We / diyas / Diwali / night. / lit
  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) was (b) is (c) were
  12. 12.Make a sentence: Grandmother / sweets / made / for / everyone.
  13. 13.Make a sentence: night. / lit / diyas / on / Diwali / We
  14. 14.Make a sentence: her / Riya / wrote / grandmother. / to / letter / a
  15. 15.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) taken (b) take (c) took
  16. 16.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.
  17. 17.Make a sentence: on / diyas / We / lit / night. / Diwali
  18. 18.Make a sentence: to / took / a / We / train / Jaipur.
  19. 19.Make a sentence: to / Jaipur. / train / took / We / a
  20. 20.I ___ my homework last night. (a) did (b) does (c) do
  21. 21.Make a sentence: We / lit / Diwali / night. / on / diyas
  22. 22.🪔 What is this? (a) film (b) camera (c) letter (d) diya
  23. 23.🍬 What is this? (a) diya (b) temple (c) sweets (d) letter
  24. 24.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) went (b) goes (c) go
  25. 25.Make a sentence: a / grandmother. / her / to / wrote / Riya / letter
  26. 26.Make a sentence: a / her / wrote / grandmother. / Riya / letter / to
  27. 27.Make a sentence: lit / diyas / We / Diwali / night. / on
  28. 28.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) made (b) make (c) makes
  29. 29.Make a sentence: Diwali / on / We / lit / night. / diyas
  30. 30.Make a sentence: a / train / We / to / took / Jaipur.
  31. 31.🏖️ What is this? (a) letter (b) fireworks (c) diya (d) beach
  32. 32.Make a sentence: Diwali / on / We / night. / diyas / lit
  33. 33.Make a sentence: diyas / night. / Diwali / We / lit / on
  34. 34.Make a sentence: took / Jaipur. / train / We / to / a
  35. 35.Make a sentence: on / Diwali / diyas / We / night. / lit
  36. 36.Make a sentence: a / to / grandmother. / letter / wrote / her / Riya
  37. 37.Make a sentence: everyone. / Grandmother / made / sweets / for
  38. 38.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  39. 39.Make a sentence: lit / on / diyas / night. / We / Diwali
  40. 40.Make a sentence: diyas / on / Diwali / night. / We / lit

Answer key

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

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