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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 900 · 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) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  2. 2.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) are (b) were (c) was
  3. 3.Make a sentence: for / made / everyone. / Grandmother / sweets
  4. 4.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  5. 5.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) go (b) went (c) goes
  6. 6.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) taken (b) take (c) took
  7. 7.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) make (b) made (c) makes
  8. 8.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  9. 9.Make a sentence: her / grandmother. / wrote / to / letter / Riya / a
  10. 10.Make a sentence: to / took / Jaipur. / We / train / a
  11. 11.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  12. 12.I ___ my homework last night. (a) do (b) did (c) does
  13. 13.Make a sentence: for / Grandmother / everyone. / made / sweets
  14. 14.Did you ___ the film? (a) watched (b) watches (c) watch
  15. 15.Make a sentence: to / wrote / her / letter / a / Riya / grandmother.
  16. 16.🧺 What is this? (a) picnic (b) train (c) letter (d) temple
  17. 17.Make a sentence: a / her / to / wrote / grandmother. / Riya / letter
  18. 18.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.
  19. 19.Make a sentence: We / train / to / took / a / Jaipur.
  20. 20.Make a sentence: letter / grandmother. / a / Riya / wrote / to / her
  21. 21.Make a sentence: night. / Diwali / diyas / lit / on / We
  22. 22.Make a sentence: lit / on / Diwali / night. / We / diyas
  23. 23.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) play (b) played (c) plays
  24. 24.🏖️ What is this? (a) film (b) beach (c) sweets (d) picnic
  25. 25.Make a sentence: train / Jaipur. / a / took / We / to
  26. 26.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) was (b) is (c) were
  27. 27.Make a sentence: night. / lit / on / diyas / We / Diwali
  28. 28.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / We / took / a / train / to
  29. 29.🪔 What is this? (a) sweets (b) film (c) fireworks (d) diya
  30. 30.🍬 What is this? (a) train (b) letter (c) picnic (d) sweets
  31. 31.Make a sentence: for / sweets / everyone. / Grandmother / made
  32. 32.Make a sentence: to / letter / Riya / her / grandmother. / a / wrote
  33. 33.Make a sentence: her / wrote / a / to / grandmother. / letter / Riya
  34. 34.🛕 What is this? (a) temple (b) camera (c) letter (d) diya
  35. 35.Make a sentence: a / to / Jaipur. / train / took / We
  36. 36.Make a sentence: Grandmother / for / sweets / made / everyone.
  37. 37.Make a sentence: train / took / to / Jaipur. / a / We
  38. 38.Make a sentence: to / train / took / a / We / Jaipur.
  39. 39.Make a sentence: Diwali / night. / on / We / diyas / lit
  40. 40.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.

Answer key

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

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