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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 719 · 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.Make a sentence: on / We / night. / Diwali / diyas / lit
  2. 2.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  3. 3.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  4. 4.Make a sentence: took / to / Jaipur. / We / a / train
  5. 5.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) was (b) is (c) were
  6. 6.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) take (b) took (c) taken
  7. 7.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) makes (b) make (c) made
  8. 8.Make a sentence: on / Diwali / night. / diyas / lit / We
  9. 9.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) play (b) played (c) plays
  10. 10.Make a sentence: night. / on / We / lit / diyas / Diwali
  11. 11.I ___ my homework last night. (a) does (b) do (c) did
  12. 12.🎬 What is this? (a) beach (b) film (c) picnic (d) sweets
  13. 13.🏖️ What is this? (a) film (b) fireworks (c) beach (d) train
  14. 14.Make a sentence: made / everyone. / sweets / Grandmother / for
  15. 15.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  16. 16.Make a sentence: for / sweets / Grandmother / everyone. / made
  17. 17.📷 What is this? (a) camera (b) letter (c) fireworks (d) train
  18. 18.🎆 What is this? (a) fireworks (b) letter (c) picnic (d) camera
  19. 19.Make a sentence: wrote / Riya / her / grandmother. / to / letter / a
  20. 20.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) goes (b) went (c) go
  21. 21.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  22. 22.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) are (b) were (c) was
  23. 23.Make a sentence: a / letter / wrote / her / grandmother. / to / Riya
  24. 24.✉️ What is this? (a) picnic (b) sweets (c) film (d) letter
  25. 25.Make a sentence: Diwali / We / lit / diyas / night. / on
  26. 26.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  27. 27.Make a sentence: letter / to / grandmother. / her / wrote / a / Riya
  28. 28.Make a sentence: Riya / her / wrote / to / grandmother. / a / letter
  29. 29.Make a sentence: Grandmother / sweets / for / everyone. / made
  30. 30.Did you ___ the film? (a) watched (b) watches (c) watch
  31. 31.🛕 What is this? (a) sweets (b) beach (c) diya (d) temple
  32. 32.🚂 What is this? (a) letter (b) film (c) temple (d) train
  33. 33.Make a sentence: We / Diwali / night. / on / lit / diyas
  34. 34.Make a sentence: Grandmother / made / for / everyone. / sweets
  35. 35.🧺 What is this? (a) sweets (b) camera (c) picnic (d) temple
  36. 36.Make a sentence: for / made / everyone. / Grandmother / sweets
  37. 37.Make a sentence: made / sweets / everyone. / for / Grandmother
  38. 38.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  39. 39.Make a sentence: grandmother. / a / her / to / wrote / Riya / letter
  40. 40.Make a sentence: took / Jaipur. / to / We / train / a

Answer key

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

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