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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 730 · 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: lit / Diwali / diyas / night. / We / on
  2. 2.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) are (b) were (c) was
  3. 3.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) take (b) taken (c) took
  4. 4.Make a sentence: letter / wrote / grandmother. / her / to / a / Riya
  5. 5.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) makes (b) made (c) make
  6. 6.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  7. 7.🚂 What is this? (a) picnic (b) train (c) temple (d) film
  8. 8.Make a sentence: We / Jaipur. / took / to / a / train
  9. 9.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) go (b) went (c) goes
  10. 10.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  11. 11.📷 What is this? (a) picnic (b) camera (c) letter (d) fireworks
  12. 12.Make a sentence: a / grandmother. / to / letter / Riya / wrote / her
  13. 13.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) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  14. 14.I ___ my homework last night. (a) does (b) did (c) do
  15. 15.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) played (b) plays (c) play
  16. 16.Make a sentence: letter / to / wrote / her / grandmother. / a / Riya
  17. 17.✉️ What is this? (a) picnic (b) temple (c) diya (d) letter
  18. 18.Make a sentence: We / on / night. / diyas / Diwali / lit
  19. 19.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.
  20. 20.Make a sentence: diyas / Diwali / lit / We / night. / on
  21. 21.Make a sentence: to / Jaipur. / train / We / a / took
  22. 22.Did you ___ the film? (a) watch (b) watches (c) watched
  23. 23.Make a sentence: for / Grandmother / sweets / made / everyone.
  24. 24.Make a sentence: letter / wrote / to / a / her / grandmother. / Riya
  25. 25.🧺 What is this? (a) beach (b) sweets (c) picnic (d) temple
  26. 26.🎬 What is this? (a) camera (b) train (c) film (d) beach
  27. 27.Make a sentence: on / lit / night. / Diwali / We / diyas
  28. 28.🛕 What is this? (a) letter (b) beach (c) fireworks (d) temple
  29. 29.Make a sentence: night. / We / diyas / Diwali / lit / on
  30. 30.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / We / train / a / took / to
  31. 31.Make a sentence: a / to / took / We / Jaipur. / train
  32. 32.Make a sentence: a / grandmother. / to / letter / wrote / Riya / her
  33. 33.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  34. 34.Make a sentence: on / night. / lit / diyas / We / Diwali
  35. 35.Make a sentence: night. / diyas / We / lit / Diwali / on
  36. 36.🍬 What is this? (a) sweets (b) beach (c) picnic (d) diya
  37. 37.Make a sentence: a / train / to / Jaipur. / took / We
  38. 38.Make a sentence: Riya / her / grandmother. / to / letter / a / wrote
  39. 39.Make a sentence: to / a / train / Jaipur. / took / We
  40. 40.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.

Answer key

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

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