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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 85 · 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: Riya / her / letter / wrote / to / a / grandmother.
  2. 2.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) are (b) were (c) was
  3. 3.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) is (b) was (c) were
  4. 4.Make a sentence: lit / on / diyas / We / Diwali / night.
  5. 5.Make a sentence: diyas / on / Diwali / night. / We / lit
  6. 6.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) went (b) go (c) goes
  7. 7.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) play (b) played (c) plays
  8. 8.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  9. 9.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  10. 10.Did you ___ the film? (a) watches (b) watch (c) watched
  11. 11.I ___ my homework last night. (a) does (b) do (c) did
  12. 12.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  13. 13.Make a sentence: Diwali / lit / on / We / diyas / night.
  14. 14.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) take (b) took (c) taken
  15. 15.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.
  16. 16.Make a sentence: took / Jaipur. / train / We / to / a
  17. 17.Make a sentence: We / night. / Diwali / lit / on / diyas
  18. 18.Make a sentence: letter / to / a / Riya / wrote / grandmother. / her
  19. 19.Make a sentence: made / for / Grandmother / sweets / everyone.
  20. 20.Make a sentence: We / took / to / train / Jaipur. / a
  21. 21.🪔 What is this? (a) sweets (b) picnic (c) camera (d) diya
  22. 22.🧺 What is this? (a) diya (b) camera (c) picnic (d) fireworks
  23. 23.🏖️ What is this? (a) beach (b) picnic (c) train (d) sweets
  24. 24.Make a sentence: We / took / Jaipur. / a / to / train
  25. 25.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) makes (b) made (c) make
  26. 26.Make a sentence: for / made / everyone. / Grandmother / sweets
  27. 27.🍬 What is this? (a) sweets (b) beach (c) train (d) temple
  28. 28.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  29. 29.Make a sentence: train / a / We / Jaipur. / to / took
  30. 30.🎬 What is this? (a) train (b) film (c) beach (d) diya
  31. 31.Make a sentence: to / wrote / her / letter / a / Riya / grandmother.
  32. 32.Make a sentence: Grandmother / made / sweets / everyone. / for
  33. 33.🛕 What is this? (a) fireworks (b) film (c) sweets (d) temple
  34. 34.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  35. 35.Make a sentence: diyas / on / Diwali / lit / We / night.
  36. 36.Make a sentence: everyone. / Grandmother / for / sweets / made
  37. 37.📷 What is this? (a) beach (b) temple (c) train (d) camera
  38. 38.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.
  39. 39.Make a sentence: grandmother. / a / wrote / letter / to / Riya / her
  40. 40.Make a sentence: Riya / letter / to / her / grandmother. / wrote / a

Answer key

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

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