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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 791 · 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 “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  2. 2.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) took (b) take (c) taken
  3. 3.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  4. 4.Make a sentence: wrote / a / letter / to / grandmother. / Riya / her
  5. 5.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  6. 6.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) go (b) went (c) goes
  7. 7.Make a sentence: night. / diyas / on / lit / We / Diwali
  8. 8.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  9. 9.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) played (b) plays (c) play
  10. 10.Make a sentence: a / to / We / took / Jaipur. / train
  11. 11.Make a sentence: took / train / We / Jaipur. / to / a
  12. 12.🎬 What is this? (a) fireworks (b) sweets (c) picnic (d) film
  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) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  14. 14.Make a sentence: to / grandmother. / Riya / wrote / letter / a / her
  15. 15.Make a sentence: sweets / everyone. / made / for / Grandmother
  16. 16.I ___ my homework last night. (a) does (b) do (c) did
  17. 17.Make a sentence: everyone. / for / made / Grandmother / sweets
  18. 18.Did you ___ the film? (a) watches (b) watch (c) watched
  19. 19.Make a sentence: letter / grandmother. / wrote / Riya / a / her / to
  20. 20.Make a sentence: diyas / We / night. / Diwali / lit / on
  21. 21.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) was (b) are (c) were
  22. 22.Make a sentence: train / Jaipur. / took / a / to / We
  23. 23.🪔 What is this? (a) film (b) camera (c) diya (d) picnic
  24. 24.Make a sentence: train / took / a / Jaipur. / We / to
  25. 25.Make a sentence: Diwali / diyas / We / lit / on / night.
  26. 26.Make a sentence: We / lit / night. / diyas / Diwali / on
  27. 27.Make a sentence: Diwali / night. / We / on / diyas / lit
  28. 28.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) is (b) was (c) were
  29. 29.Make a sentence: Grandmother / for / everyone. / sweets / made
  30. 30.🚂 What is this? (a) letter (b) beach (c) train (d) picnic
  31. 31.Make a sentence: train / to / We / a / Jaipur. / took
  32. 32.Make a sentence: made / everyone. / for / sweets / Grandmother
  33. 33.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) made (b) makes (c) make
  34. 34.Make a sentence: sweets / everyone. / Grandmother / for / made
  35. 35.Make a sentence: Diwali / diyas / night. / on / lit / We
  36. 36.🧺 What is this? (a) beach (b) train (c) diya (d) picnic
  37. 37.Make a sentence: Diwali / We / night. / diyas / lit / on
  38. 38.Make a sentence: took / train / to / a / Jaipur. / We
  39. 39.Make a sentence: grandmother. / wrote / her / to / Riya / letter / a
  40. 40.Make a sentence: to / letter / Riya / wrote / grandmother. / her / a

Answer key

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

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