← Talking about yesterday lesson New set →

Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 11 · 40 questions
TalentJR

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”).

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

Answer key

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

Free spoken english lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/spoken-english