← Talking about yesterday lesson New set →

Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 229 · 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.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) played (b) play (c) plays
  2. 2.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) was (b) are (c) were
  3. 3.I ___ my homework last night. (a) do (b) did (c) does
  4. 4.🎆 What is this? (a) letter (b) fireworks (c) picnic (d) beach
  5. 5.Make a sentence: on / Diwali / lit / We / diyas / night.
  6. 6.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) goes (b) went (c) go
  7. 7.🧺 What is this? (a) beach (b) film (c) picnic (d) train
  8. 8.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  9. 9.Make a sentence: a / wrote / her / Riya / to / letter / grandmother.
  10. 10.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  11. 11.Make a sentence: Grandmother / made / for / everyone. / sweets
  12. 12.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) make (b) made (c) makes
  13. 13.🏖️ What is this? (a) temple (b) picnic (c) beach (d) train
  14. 14.Did you ___ the film? (a) watched (b) watch (c) watches
  15. 15.Make a sentence: night. / We / on / diyas / lit / Diwali
  16. 16.Make a sentence: made / Grandmother / sweets / for / everyone.
  17. 17.Make a sentence: letter / wrote / a / grandmother. / her / Riya / to
  18. 18.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) is (b) were (c) was
  19. 19.Make a sentence: on / lit / We / diyas / night. / Diwali
  20. 20.Make a sentence: her / wrote / grandmother. / a / to / Riya / letter
  21. 21.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 lit diyas on Diwali night.
  22. 22.Make a sentence: a / to / We / took / train / Jaipur.
  23. 23.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  24. 24.Make a sentence: a / grandmother. / letter / to / her / Riya / wrote
  25. 25.Make a sentence: a / took / Jaipur. / to / train / We
  26. 26.Make a sentence: grandmother. / her / to / letter / Riya / a / wrote
  27. 27.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  28. 28.Make a sentence: wrote / her / a / grandmother. / letter / to / Riya
  29. 29.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) take (b) taken (c) took
  30. 30.Make a sentence: grandmother. / her / to / Riya / letter / a / wrote
  31. 31.🍬 What is this? (a) picnic (b) camera (c) film (d) sweets
  32. 32.Make a sentence: Riya / a / letter / to / grandmother. / wrote / her
  33. 33.Make a sentence: a / Jaipur. / We / took / to / train
  34. 34.Make a sentence: We / on / diyas / night. / Diwali / lit
  35. 35.Make a sentence: made / sweets / Grandmother / for / everyone.
  36. 36.Make a sentence: diyas / lit / We / Diwali / on / night.
  37. 37.Make a sentence: We / Jaipur. / took / to / train / a
  38. 38.Make a sentence: night. / Diwali / diyas / We / lit / on
  39. 39.Make a sentence: a / Riya / letter / wrote / to / grandmother. / her
  40. 40.Make a sentence: took / train / a / Jaipur. / to / We

Answer key

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