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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 872 · 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 “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  2. 2.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  3. 3.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) makes (b) make (c) made
  4. 4.I ___ my homework last night. (a) do (b) did (c) does
  5. 5.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) were (b) was (c) are
  6. 6.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) plays (b) played (c) play
  7. 7.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) goes (b) go (c) went
  8. 8.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  9. 9.🛕 What is this? (a) fireworks (b) picnic (c) temple (d) letter
  10. 10.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  11. 11.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.
  12. 12.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) is (b) were (c) was
  13. 13.Make a sentence: grandmother. / a / letter / her / to / Riya / wrote
  14. 14.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) take (b) taken (c) took
  15. 15.Make a sentence: night. / on / lit / Diwali / We / diyas
  16. 16.✉️ What is this? (a) diya (b) letter (c) picnic (d) film
  17. 17.🏖️ What is this? (a) beach (b) temple (c) letter (d) diya
  18. 18.Did you ___ the film? (a) watches (b) watched (c) watch
  19. 19.Make a sentence: everyone. / Grandmother / made / for / sweets
  20. 20.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  21. 21.Make a sentence: made / Grandmother / everyone. / sweets / for
  22. 22.Make a sentence: lit / Diwali / diyas / We / night. / on
  23. 23.🚂 What is this? (a) letter (b) train (c) film (d) temple
  24. 24.Make a sentence: took / Jaipur. / We / a / train / to
  25. 25.Make a sentence: on / diyas / night. / Diwali / lit / We
  26. 26.Make a sentence: diyas / night. / lit / We / on / Diwali
  27. 27.Make a sentence: diyas / night. / We / lit / Diwali / on
  28. 28.Make a sentence: a / letter / wrote / Riya / her / grandmother. / to
  29. 29.Make a sentence: Grandmother / sweets / everyone. / made / for
  30. 30.Make a sentence: sweets / for / everyone. / Grandmother / made
  31. 31.Make a sentence: to / a / We / took / Jaipur. / train
  32. 32.Make a sentence: Diwali / lit / on / diyas / We / night.
  33. 33.Make a sentence: a / to / We / Jaipur. / train / took
  34. 34.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / train / took / We / to / a
  35. 35.📷 What is this? (a) camera (b) letter (c) beach (d) film
  36. 36.Make a sentence: a / Riya / wrote / to / grandmother. / her / letter
  37. 37.Make a sentence: sweets / for / Grandmother / made / everyone.
  38. 38.Make a sentence: Diwali / diyas / We / on / lit / night.
  39. 39.🪔 What is this? (a) temple (b) diya (c) train (d) camera
  40. 40.Make a sentence: to / Jaipur. / We / train / took / a

Answer key

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

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