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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 934 · 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) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  2. 2.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) was (b) were (c) are
  3. 3.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  4. 4.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) make (b) makes (c) made
  5. 5.🛕 What is this? (a) temple (b) train (c) fireworks (d) beach
  6. 6.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) played (b) plays (c) play
  7. 7.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  8. 8.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) Last week, we went to the beach.
  9. 9.🎆 What is this? (a) fireworks (b) film (c) camera (d) diya
  10. 10.Make a sentence: for / sweets / Grandmother / made / everyone.
  11. 11.Make a sentence: night. / Diwali / on / We / diyas / lit
  12. 12.Make a sentence: wrote / to / letter / a / her / Riya / grandmother.
  13. 13.✉️ What is this? (a) film (b) picnic (c) beach (d) letter
  14. 14.Make a sentence: to / a / grandmother. / Riya / wrote / her / letter
  15. 15.🚂 What is this? (a) beach (b) camera (c) train (d) fireworks
  16. 16.Make a sentence: everyone. / for / Grandmother / made / sweets
  17. 17.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  18. 18.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) was (b) were (c) is
  19. 19.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) goes (b) go (c) went
  20. 20.I ___ my homework last night. (a) do (b) does (c) did
  21. 21.Did you ___ the film? (a) watch (b) watches (c) watched
  22. 22.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  23. 23.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) take (b) taken (c) took
  24. 24.Make a sentence: Diwali / on / We / night. / lit / diyas
  25. 25.Make a sentence: diyas / Diwali / on / lit / night. / We
  26. 26.Make a sentence: letter / Riya / a / her / grandmother. / wrote / to
  27. 27.🪔 What is this? (a) picnic (b) film (c) fireworks (d) diya
  28. 28.Make a sentence: We / Diwali / lit / night. / on / diyas
  29. 29.Make a sentence: a / took / We / train / to / Jaipur.
  30. 30.Make a sentence: for / made / everyone. / Grandmother / sweets
  31. 31.Make a sentence: diyas / lit / on / Diwali / night. / We
  32. 32.Make a sentence: We / Diwali / on / diyas / lit / night.
  33. 33.Make a sentence: lit / Diwali / on / We / night. / diyas
  34. 34.Make a sentence: to / a / Riya / letter / her / grandmother. / wrote
  35. 35.Make a sentence: on / diyas / We / Diwali / night. / lit
  36. 36.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  37. 37.Make a sentence: a / to / wrote / grandmother. / Riya / her / letter
  38. 38.Make a sentence: train / a / to / We / Jaipur. / took
  39. 39.Make a sentence: We / train / Jaipur. / to / a / took
  40. 40.Make a sentence: a / letter / wrote / Riya / to / grandmother. / her

Answer key

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

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