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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 760 · 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: a / her / letter / wrote / Riya / to / grandmother.
  2. 2.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  3. 3.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  4. 4.🎆 What is this? (a) letter (b) fireworks (c) train (d) sweets
  5. 5.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) make (b) makes (c) made
  6. 6.🏖️ What is this? (a) beach (b) picnic (c) letter (d) temple
  7. 7.I ___ my homework last night. (a) do (b) does (c) did
  8. 8.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) play (b) played (c) plays
  9. 9.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  10. 10.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) are (b) was (c) were
  11. 11.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  12. 12.Make a sentence: sweets / for / everyone. / made / Grandmother
  13. 13.Make a sentence: for / Grandmother / sweets / everyone. / made
  14. 14.Make a sentence: a / Jaipur. / took / We / train / to
  15. 15.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  16. 16.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) is (b) was (c) were
  17. 17.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) goes (b) went (c) go
  18. 18.Make a sentence: to / Jaipur. / took / We / a / train
  19. 19.🪔 What is this? (a) picnic (b) diya (c) sweets (d) letter
  20. 20.Make a sentence: night. / on / Diwali / We / lit / diyas
  21. 21.Make a sentence: everyone. / made / sweets / Grandmother / for
  22. 22.Make a sentence: wrote / grandmother. / a / to / her / Riya / letter
  23. 23.Make a sentence: for / sweets / made / Grandmother / everyone.
  24. 24.Make a sentence: lit / night. / on / diyas / Diwali / We
  25. 25.Make a sentence: We / train / took / to / a / Jaipur.
  26. 26.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  27. 27.Make a sentence: We / diyas / Diwali / on / lit / night.
  28. 28.Make a sentence: a / Jaipur. / train / to / We / took
  29. 29.Make a sentence: We / on / Diwali / diyas / lit / night.
  30. 30.Make a sentence: to / her / grandmother. / wrote / letter / a / Riya
  31. 31.Make a sentence: to / train / took / Jaipur. / a / We
  32. 32.Make a sentence: letter / a / to / grandmother. / wrote / Riya / her
  33. 33.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) took (b) take (c) taken
  34. 34.Make a sentence: lit / diyas / Diwali / We / night. / on
  35. 35.🛕 What is this? (a) diya (b) fireworks (c) letter (d) temple
  36. 36.Make a sentence: sweets / everyone. / made / Grandmother / for
  37. 37.Make a sentence: Grandmother / sweets / for / made / everyone.
  38. 38.Make a sentence: We / on / diyas / night. / Diwali / lit
  39. 39.Make a sentence: everyone. / made / sweets / for / Grandmother
  40. 40.Make a sentence: for / sweets / Grandmother / everyone. / made

Answer key

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

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