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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 74 · 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 / on / We / diyas / night. / Diwali
  2. 2.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) play (b) plays (c) played
  3. 3.Did you ___ the film? (a) watched (b) watches (c) watch
  4. 4.🪔 What is this? (a) train (b) picnic (c) temple (d) diya
  5. 5.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) was (b) are (c) were
  6. 6.Make a sentence: for / sweets / made / Grandmother / everyone.
  7. 7.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  8. 8.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  9. 9.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) made (b) makes (c) make
  10. 10.Make a sentence: for / Grandmother / made / sweets / everyone.
  11. 11.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) take (b) taken (c) took
  12. 12.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) was (b) were (c) is
  13. 13.Make a sentence: to / Jaipur. / a / We / took / train
  14. 14.I ___ my homework last night. (a) does (b) did (c) do
  15. 15.Make a sentence: her / wrote / Riya / a / grandmother. / to / letter
  16. 16.Make a sentence: to / grandmother. / Riya / wrote / letter / her / a
  17. 17.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  18. 18.🍬 What is this? (a) letter (b) train (c) camera (d) sweets
  19. 19.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  20. 20.Make a sentence: night. / lit / on / We / diyas / Diwali
  21. 21.Make a sentence: a / train / Jaipur. / to / We / took
  22. 22.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / a / took / train / We / to
  23. 23.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) went (b) go (c) goes
  24. 24.Make a sentence: We / Diwali / on / diyas / lit / night.
  25. 25.Make a sentence: to / wrote / her / a / grandmother. / letter / Riya
  26. 26.Make a sentence: letter / a / her / to / Riya / grandmother. / wrote
  27. 27.Make a sentence: We / lit / on / diyas / night. / Diwali
  28. 28.🎬 What is this? (a) film (b) temple (c) diya (d) letter
  29. 29.Make a sentence: everyone. / Grandmother / made / sweets / for
  30. 30.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  31. 31.Make a sentence: on / Diwali / night. / We / lit / diyas
  32. 32.Make a sentence: letter / to / Riya / a / her / grandmother. / wrote
  33. 33.🏖️ What is this? (a) diya (b) beach (c) picnic (d) train
  34. 34.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) Last week, we went to the beach.
  35. 35.Make a sentence: to / We / Jaipur. / took / train / a
  36. 36.🧺 What is this? (a) beach (b) picnic (c) letter (d) train
  37. 37.Make a sentence: night. / on / lit / We / Diwali / diyas
  38. 38.Make a sentence: Grandmother / everyone. / for / sweets / made
  39. 39.Make a sentence: diyas / lit / Diwali / on / We / night.
  40. 40.✉️ What is this? (a) diya (b) letter (c) picnic (d) sweets

Answer key

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

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