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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 714 · 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) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  2. 2.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) make (b) makes (c) made
  3. 3.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  4. 4.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) plays (b) play (c) played
  5. 5.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) taken (b) took (c) take
  6. 6.Make a sentence: on / diyas / night. / Diwali / lit / We
  7. 7.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) went (b) go (c) goes
  8. 8.I ___ my homework last night. (a) does (b) do (c) did
  9. 9.Make a sentence: a / took / Jaipur. / We / train / to
  10. 10.📷 What is this? (a) diya (b) camera (c) film (d) letter
  11. 11.🚂 What is this? (a) film (b) letter (c) fireworks (d) train
  12. 12.Make a sentence: wrote / a / letter / to / Riya / her / grandmother.
  13. 13.Make a sentence: lit / on / night. / diyas / Diwali / We
  14. 14.Make a sentence: to / train / took / We / Jaipur. / a
  15. 15.Make a sentence: on / We / Diwali / night. / diyas / lit
  16. 16.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  17. 17.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  18. 18.Make a sentence: everyone. / sweets / made / for / Grandmother
  19. 19.Make a sentence: Riya / grandmother. / a / her / wrote / to / letter
  20. 20.Make a sentence: to / a / took / We / Jaipur. / train
  21. 21.Make a sentence: diyas / lit / night. / We / Diwali / on
  22. 22.Make a sentence: to / grandmother. / a / wrote / her / Riya / letter
  23. 23.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / a / took / to / train / We
  24. 24.Make a sentence: Riya / grandmother. / a / letter / to / wrote / her
  25. 25.Did you ___ the film? (a) watches (b) watched (c) watch
  26. 26.🎆 What is this? (a) diya (b) film (c) temple (d) fireworks
  27. 27.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  28. 28.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) were (b) is (c) was
  29. 29.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / train / took / a / to / We
  30. 30.Make a sentence: lit / night. / on / Diwali / We / diyas
  31. 31.✉️ What is this? (a) letter (b) temple (c) train (d) camera
  32. 32.Make a sentence: Diwali / on / We / night. / diyas / lit
  33. 33.Make a sentence: Diwali / night. / diyas / on / lit / We
  34. 34.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) are (b) were (c) was
  35. 35.🏖️ What is this? (a) temple (b) picnic (c) sweets (d) beach
  36. 36.Make a sentence: train / a / took / Jaipur. / to / We
  37. 37.🍬 What is this? (a) diya (b) train (c) sweets (d) fireworks
  38. 38.Make a sentence: We / took / train / to / Jaipur. / a
  39. 39.Make a sentence: night. / diyas / lit / Diwali / We / on
  40. 40.Make a sentence: on / lit / diyas / We / Diwali / night.

Answer key

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

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