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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 925 · 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: for / sweets / made / everyone. / Grandmother
  2. 2.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) are (b) was (c) were
  3. 3.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) were (b) is (c) was
  4. 4.🎬 What is this? (a) letter (b) temple (c) beach (d) film
  5. 5.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) play (b) played (c) plays
  6. 6.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  7. 7.Make a sentence: Diwali / lit / night. / on / diyas / We
  8. 8.Make a sentence: took / to / We / Jaipur. / train / a
  9. 9.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  10. 10.Did you ___ the film? (a) watches (b) watch (c) watched
  11. 11.Make a sentence: to / Jaipur. / We / a / took / train
  12. 12.📷 What is this? (a) camera (b) train (c) fireworks (d) letter
  13. 13.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  14. 14.I ___ my homework last night. (a) did (b) does (c) do
  15. 15.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  16. 16.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  17. 17.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) taken (b) take (c) took
  18. 18.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) went (b) goes (c) go
  19. 19.Make a sentence: for / made / Grandmother / everyone. / sweets
  20. 20.Make a sentence: everyone. / Grandmother / for / sweets / made
  21. 21.Make a sentence: on / night. / Diwali / lit / diyas / We
  22. 22.Make a sentence: her / to / grandmother. / Riya / a / letter / wrote
  23. 23.Make a sentence: Grandmother / made / everyone. / sweets / for
  24. 24.Make a sentence: train / to / a / We / took / Jaipur.
  25. 25.Make a sentence: to / a / We / train / Jaipur. / took
  26. 26.Make a sentence: made / Grandmother / everyone. / sweets / for
  27. 27.🧺 What is this? (a) temple (b) picnic (c) train (d) film
  28. 28.🎆 What is this? (a) train (b) fireworks (c) beach (d) film
  29. 29.Make a sentence: We / diyas / on / lit / Diwali / night.
  30. 30.Make a sentence: We / diyas / Diwali / on / lit / night.
  31. 31.Make a sentence: to / her / grandmother. / Riya / wrote / letter / a
  32. 32.Make a sentence: diyas / We / Diwali / night. / lit / on
  33. 33.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) make (b) made (c) makes
  34. 34.Make a sentence: train / a / took / to / Jaipur. / We
  35. 35.✉️ What is this? (a) film (b) letter (c) sweets (d) train
  36. 36.Make a sentence: train / to / took / a / Jaipur. / We
  37. 37.Make a sentence: Riya / to / a / letter / her / grandmother. / wrote
  38. 38.🏖️ What is this? (a) train (b) beach (c) picnic (d) diya
  39. 39.Make a sentence: diyas / on / Diwali / We / lit / night.
  40. 40.🪔 What is this? (a) camera (b) diya (c) temple (d) letter

Answer key

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

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