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Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 987 · 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) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  2. 2.🛕 What is this? (a) film (b) temple (c) picnic (d) diya
  3. 3.Make a sentence: We / Diwali / night. / on / diyas / lit
  4. 4.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  5. 5.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) taken (b) took (c) take
  6. 6.Did you ___ the film? (a) watch (b) watches (c) watched
  7. 7.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) played (b) plays (c) play
  8. 8.Make a sentence: night. / lit / Diwali / We / on / diyas
  9. 9.I ___ my homework last night. (a) does (b) do (c) did
  10. 10.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) were (b) are (c) was
  11. 11.Make a sentence: took / train / Jaipur. / to / We / a
  12. 12.Make a sentence: night. / diyas / Diwali / We / on / lit
  13. 13.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  14. 14.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  15. 15.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) were (b) is (c) was
  16. 16.Make a sentence: train / took / We / Jaipur. / to / a
  17. 17.Make a sentence: on / Diwali / We / diyas / night. / lit
  18. 18.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  19. 19.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) make (b) makes (c) made
  20. 20.Make a sentence: everyone. / Grandmother / sweets / made / for
  21. 21.🪔 What is this? (a) diya (b) beach (c) film (d) train
  22. 22.🎆 What is this? (a) picnic (b) sweets (c) beach (d) fireworks
  23. 23.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  24. 24.Make a sentence: Grandmother / for / made / everyone. / sweets
  25. 25.Make a sentence: letter / to / Riya / wrote / a / grandmother. / her
  26. 26.Make a sentence: sweets / for / made / Grandmother / everyone.
  27. 27.✉️ What is this? (a) fireworks (b) sweets (c) temple (d) letter
  28. 28.🧺 What is this? (a) train (b) picnic (c) beach (d) film
  29. 29.Make a sentence: on / We / Diwali / night. / lit / diyas
  30. 30.Make a sentence: to / train / We / a / Jaipur. / took
  31. 31.Make a sentence: Riya / a / letter / her / to / grandmother. / wrote
  32. 32.Make a sentence: diyas / Diwali / We / night. / on / lit
  33. 33.Make a sentence: wrote / a / Riya / to / her / letter / grandmother.
  34. 34.Make a sentence: a / We / train / Jaipur. / to / took
  35. 35.Make a sentence: Riya / grandmother. / a / her / letter / wrote / to
  36. 36.Make a sentence: train / We / a / Jaipur. / took / to
  37. 37.🎬 What is this? (a) camera (b) temple (c) film (d) diya
  38. 38.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) went (b) goes (c) go
  39. 39.Make a sentence: to / train / We / Jaipur. / took / a
  40. 40.Make a sentence: to / train / a / We / took / Jaipur.

Answer key

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

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