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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 964 · 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) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  2. 2.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) was (b) were (c) are
  3. 3.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  4. 4.🚂 What is this? (a) film (b) picnic (c) temple (d) train
  5. 5.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) is (b) were (c) was
  6. 6.Make a sentence: Diwali / night. / on / We / diyas / lit
  7. 7.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) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  8. 8.🍬 What is this? (a) sweets (b) diya (c) film (d) fireworks
  9. 9.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) play (b) plays (c) played
  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.Make a sentence: diyas / We / lit / on / night. / Diwali
  12. 12.Make a sentence: wrote / to / her / Riya / a / grandmother. / letter
  13. 13.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  14. 14.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) took (b) taken (c) take
  15. 15.Make a sentence: for / Grandmother / sweets / everyone. / made
  16. 16.Make a sentence: a / grandmother. / wrote / letter / Riya / to / her
  17. 17.🧺 What is this? (a) picnic (b) temple (c) sweets (d) train
  18. 18.Make a sentence: to / wrote / grandmother. / a / her / Riya / letter
  19. 19.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / a / took / to / We / train
  20. 20.Make a sentence: We / night. / Diwali / diyas / lit / on
  21. 21.Make a sentence: sweets / Grandmother / made / everyone. / for
  22. 22.Make a sentence: her / to / a / wrote / grandmother. / Riya / letter
  23. 23.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) went (b) goes (c) go
  24. 24.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) makes (b) make (c) made
  25. 25.🪔 What is this? (a) film (b) diya (c) temple (d) beach
  26. 26.🎬 What is this? (a) film (b) beach (c) diya (d) temple
  27. 27.Make a sentence: her / letter / Riya / to / wrote / grandmother. / a
  28. 28.Make a sentence: Grandmother / sweets / made / everyone. / for
  29. 29.I ___ my homework last night. (a) do (b) does (c) did
  30. 30.Make a sentence: wrote / grandmother. / her / letter / Riya / a / to
  31. 31.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  32. 32.Make a sentence: lit / night. / We / Diwali / on / diyas
  33. 33.Make a sentence: wrote / letter / to / a / Riya / her / grandmother.
  34. 34.Make a sentence: to / Riya / grandmother. / wrote / her / letter / a
  35. 35.Make a sentence: her / grandmother. / letter / a / Riya / to / wrote
  36. 36.Make a sentence: sweets / for / everyone. / Grandmother / made
  37. 37.Make a sentence: train / a / took / to / We / Jaipur.
  38. 38.Did you ___ the film? (a) watches (b) watched (c) watch
  39. 39.🎆 What is this? (a) letter (b) train (c) camera (d) fireworks
  40. 40.Make a sentence: on / Diwali / night. / diyas / lit / We

Answer key

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

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