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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 685 · 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) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  2. 2.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) was (b) is (c) were
  3. 3.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) was (b) are (c) were
  4. 4.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  5. 5.I ___ my homework last night. (a) do (b) does (c) did
  6. 6.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) goes (b) go (c) went
  7. 7.✉️ What is this? (a) letter (b) camera (c) beach (d) film
  8. 8.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) played (b) plays (c) play
  9. 9.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) makes (b) made (c) make
  10. 10.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) taken (b) take (c) took
  11. 11.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  12. 12.Make a sentence: letter / a / to / grandmother. / her / wrote / Riya
  13. 13.🎬 What is this? (a) diya (b) picnic (c) film (d) camera
  14. 14.Make a sentence: lit / We / Diwali / diyas / night. / on
  15. 15.🚂 What is this? (a) temple (b) train (c) diya (d) letter
  16. 16.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  17. 17.Did you ___ the film? (a) watches (b) watched (c) watch
  18. 18.Make a sentence: her / wrote / to / grandmother. / letter / a / Riya
  19. 19.📷 What is this? (a) diya (b) sweets (c) camera (d) picnic
  20. 20.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  21. 21.🎆 What is this? (a) camera (b) letter (c) beach (d) fireworks
  22. 22.Make a sentence: wrote / letter / grandmother. / to / a / her / Riya
  23. 23.Make a sentence: on / lit / diyas / Diwali / We / night.
  24. 24.Make a sentence: diyas / lit / We / Diwali / on / night.
  25. 25.🛕 What is this? (a) film (b) fireworks (c) camera (d) temple
  26. 26.Make a sentence: lit / We / on / night. / Diwali / diyas
  27. 27.🍬 What is this? (a) sweets (b) film (c) diya (d) picnic
  28. 28.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  29. 29.Make a sentence: train / a / to / took / We / Jaipur.
  30. 30.Make a sentence: Diwali / We / lit / night. / diyas / on
  31. 31.Make a sentence: made / sweets / for / Grandmother / everyone.
  32. 32.Make a sentence: wrote / Riya / to / letter / grandmother. / her / a
  33. 33.Make a sentence: for / Grandmother / sweets / made / everyone.
  34. 34.Make a sentence: lit / on / night. / We / Diwali / diyas
  35. 35.🏖️ What is this? (a) film (b) beach (c) sweets (d) fireworks
  36. 36.Make a sentence: her / a / Riya / grandmother. / letter / to / wrote
  37. 37.Make a sentence: everyone. / for / Grandmother / sweets / made
  38. 38.Make a sentence: diyas / on / night. / Diwali / We / lit
  39. 39.Make a sentence: train / a / took / Jaipur. / We / to
  40. 40.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.

Answer key

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

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