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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 785 · 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 took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  2. 2.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  3. 3.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) taken (b) took (c) take
  4. 4.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  5. 5.Make a sentence: Diwali / night. / lit / on / We / diyas
  6. 6.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) went (b) goes (c) go
  7. 7.Make a sentence: sweets / Grandmother / everyone. / made / for
  8. 8.🚂 What is this? (a) camera (b) train (c) fireworks (d) diya
  9. 9.I ___ my homework last night. (a) do (b) does (c) did
  10. 10.Make a sentence: a / to / Jaipur. / took / train / We
  11. 11.Make a sentence: her / to / letter / Riya / wrote / grandmother. / a
  12. 12.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) is (b) were (c) was
  13. 13.🪔 What is this? (a) film (b) beach (c) diya (d) fireworks
  14. 14.Make a sentence: train / We / took / a / to / Jaipur.
  15. 15.🍬 What is this? (a) temple (b) diya (c) sweets (d) train
  16. 16.Make a sentence: made / everyone. / for / Grandmother / sweets
  17. 17.Did you ___ the film? (a) watches (b) watch (c) watched
  18. 18.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) was (b) are (c) were
  19. 19.Make a sentence: to / took / We / a / Jaipur. / train
  20. 20.Make a sentence: lit / on / diyas / We / Diwali / night.
  21. 21.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) make (b) made (c) makes
  22. 22.Make a sentence: letter / a / her / Riya / wrote / grandmother. / to
  23. 23.🛕 What is this? (a) film (b) beach (c) diya (d) temple
  24. 24.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) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  25. 25.Make a sentence: to / We / train / a / Jaipur. / took
  26. 26.🧺 What is this? (a) film (b) picnic (c) sweets (d) temple
  27. 27.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) play (b) played (c) plays
  28. 28.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  29. 29.Make a sentence: wrote / Riya / to / her / letter / a / grandmother.
  30. 30.✉️ What is this? (a) letter (b) temple (c) fireworks (d) sweets
  31. 31.🎬 What is this? (a) train (b) camera (c) film (d) letter
  32. 32.Make a sentence: lit / Diwali / night. / on / diyas / We
  33. 33.Make a sentence: to / wrote / her / letter / Riya / grandmother. / a
  34. 34.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  35. 35.Make a sentence: for / sweets / made / everyone. / Grandmother
  36. 36.Make a sentence: Riya / a / grandmother. / wrote / to / letter / her
  37. 37.🎆 What is this? (a) temple (b) beach (c) fireworks (d) letter
  38. 38.Make a sentence: everyone. / for / sweets / made / Grandmother
  39. 39.Make a sentence: letter / grandmother. / to / her / Riya / a / wrote
  40. 40.Make a sentence: We / to / train / a / took / Jaipur.

Answer key

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

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