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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 887 · 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) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  2. 2.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  3. 3.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) took (b) take (c) taken
  4. 4.Make a sentence: to / took / a / train / Jaipur. / We
  5. 5.Make a sentence: night. / We / Diwali / on / diyas / lit
  6. 6.Make a sentence: Diwali / night. / on / We / diyas / lit
  7. 7.Make a sentence: to / Jaipur. / train / a / We / took
  8. 8.Make a sentence: wrote / grandmother. / Riya / a / letter / her / to
  9. 9.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) was (b) were (c) are
  10. 10.🧺 What is this? (a) train (b) picnic (c) temple (d) camera
  11. 11.🚂 What is this? (a) diya (b) temple (c) train (d) picnic
  12. 12.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) We took a train to Jaipur.
  13. 13.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) played (b) play (c) plays
  14. 14.Make a sentence: made / sweets / for / everyone. / Grandmother
  15. 15.✉️ What is this? (a) letter (b) sweets (c) camera (d) beach
  16. 16.Make a sentence: took / Jaipur. / train / We / a / to
  17. 17.Make a sentence: night. / lit / diyas / Diwali / on / We
  18. 18.I ___ my homework last night. (a) does (b) did (c) do
  19. 19.Did you ___ the film? (a) watch (b) watches (c) watched
  20. 20.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) is (b) were (c) was
  21. 21.Make a sentence: on / Diwali / lit / diyas / We / night.
  22. 22.Make a sentence: on / Diwali / We / diyas / night. / lit
  23. 23.Make a sentence: for / made / everyone. / Grandmother / sweets
  24. 24.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) went (b) go (c) goes
  25. 25.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  26. 26.🍬 What is this? (a) sweets (b) letter (c) temple (d) train
  27. 27.Make a sentence: a / letter / grandmother. / to / wrote / Riya / her
  28. 28.Make a sentence: took / to / Jaipur. / We / train / a
  29. 29.Make a sentence: night. / lit / on / We / Diwali / diyas
  30. 30.Make a sentence: Riya / her / to / letter / grandmother. / a / wrote
  31. 31.Make a sentence: lit / diyas / We / Diwali / night. / on
  32. 32.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) make (b) made (c) makes
  33. 33.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  34. 34.Make a sentence: for / made / sweets / Grandmother / everyone.
  35. 35.🎆 What is this? (a) letter (b) fireworks (c) film (d) train
  36. 36.Make a sentence: on / diyas / night. / Diwali / We / lit
  37. 37.Make a sentence: to / Riya / grandmother. / a / her / letter / wrote
  38. 38.Make a sentence: night. / Diwali / lit / diyas / We / on
  39. 39.Make a sentence: to / grandmother. / Riya / letter / wrote / a / her
  40. 40.Make a sentence: sweets / everyone. / for / Grandmother / made

Answer key

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

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