← Talking about yesterday lesson New set →

Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 367 · 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 “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  2. 2.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  3. 3.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  4. 4.Make a sentence: on / diyas / We / night. / lit / Diwali
  5. 5.Make a sentence: sweets / for / Grandmother / everyone. / made
  6. 6.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) are (b) was (c) were
  7. 7.Did you ___ the film? (a) watched (b) watches (c) watch
  8. 8.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  9. 9.Make a sentence: letter / grandmother. / wrote / her / a / Riya / to
  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.🚂 What is this? (a) beach (b) camera (c) train (d) fireworks
  12. 12.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) played (b) plays (c) play
  13. 13.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) was (b) is (c) were
  14. 14.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) taken (b) take (c) took
  15. 15.Make a sentence: grandmother. / letter / wrote / her / Riya / to / a
  16. 16.Make a sentence: lit / Diwali / diyas / on / night. / We
  17. 17.Make a sentence: Riya / a / her / wrote / letter / to / grandmother.
  18. 18.I ___ my homework last night. (a) did (b) does (c) do
  19. 19.Make a sentence: grandmother. / letter / wrote / to / a / her / Riya
  20. 20.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.
  21. 21.Make a sentence: lit / Diwali / diyas / night. / on / We
  22. 22.Make a sentence: sweets / made / for / Grandmother / everyone.
  23. 23.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) go (b) went (c) goes
  24. 24.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) make (b) made (c) makes
  25. 25.Make a sentence: sweets / everyone. / Grandmother / for / made
  26. 26.Make a sentence: night. / on / lit / diyas / We / Diwali
  27. 27.🧺 What is this? (a) letter (b) camera (c) diya (d) picnic
  28. 28.✉️ What is this? (a) film (b) picnic (c) letter (d) diya
  29. 29.Make a sentence: everyone. / sweets / Grandmother / made / for
  30. 30.🏖️ What is this? (a) letter (b) beach (c) train (d) film
  31. 31.Make a sentence: made / sweets / everyone. / Grandmother / for
  32. 32.Make a sentence: everyone. / made / for / sweets / Grandmother
  33. 33.Make a sentence: her / grandmother. / wrote / to / a / Riya / letter
  34. 34.🪔 What is this? (a) diya (b) camera (c) picnic (d) temple
  35. 35.Make a sentence: made / for / sweets / Grandmother / everyone.
  36. 36.Make a sentence: took / train / to / We / a / Jaipur.
  37. 37.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) taken (b) take (c) took
  38. 38.Make a sentence: Grandmother / everyone. / made / sweets / for
  39. 39.Make a sentence: diyas / lit / night. / Diwali / on / We
  40. 40.Make a sentence: everyone. / Grandmother / made / for / sweets

Answer key

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

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