← Talking about yesterday lesson New set →

Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 567 · 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.Make a sentence: Grandmother / sweets / everyone. / made / for
  2. 2.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) is (b) was (c) were
  3. 3.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) make (b) made (c) makes
  4. 4.Make a sentence: diyas / We / Diwali / night. / on / lit
  5. 5.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) Last week, we went to the beach.
  6. 6.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) was (b) are (c) were
  7. 7.I ___ my homework last night. (a) does (b) do (c) did
  8. 8.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) plays (b) play (c) played
  9. 9.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  10. 10.Make a sentence: everyone. / Grandmother / sweets / for / made
  11. 11.Make a sentence: grandmother. / Riya / letter / a / wrote / to / her
  12. 12.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) go (b) goes (c) went
  13. 13.🚂 What is this? (a) diya (b) camera (c) fireworks (d) train
  14. 14.🪔 What is this? (a) sweets (b) camera (c) train (d) diya
  15. 15.Make a sentence: Diwali / lit / on / We / night. / diyas
  16. 16.Make a sentence: on / We / night. / Diwali / diyas / lit
  17. 17.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
  18. 18.Make a sentence: made / sweets / everyone. / Grandmother / for
  19. 19.Make a sentence: grandmother. / wrote / her / a / to / Riya / letter
  20. 20.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  21. 21.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) take (b) taken (c) took
  22. 22.Make a sentence: Riya / to / a / letter / grandmother. / her / wrote
  23. 23.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
  24. 24.Make a sentence: sweets / for / Grandmother / everyone. / made
  25. 25.Make a sentence: Diwali / night. / We / diyas / lit / on
  26. 26.Make a sentence: on / diyas / night. / Diwali / lit / We
  27. 27.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / train / a / to / We / took
  28. 28.✉️ What is this? (a) picnic (b) fireworks (c) letter (d) sweets
  29. 29.Make a sentence: sweets / Grandmother / for / made / everyone.
  30. 30.🍬 What is this? (a) sweets (b) fireworks (c) train (d) camera
  31. 31.Make a sentence: on / night. / diyas / Diwali / lit / We
  32. 32.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Grandmother made sweets for everyone.
  33. 33.Make a sentence: diyas / on / lit / Diwali / night. / We
  34. 34.🧺 What is this? (a) sweets (b) camera (c) picnic (d) letter
  35. 35.Make a sentence: sweets / everyone. / for / Grandmother / made
  36. 36.📷 What is this? (a) camera (b) letter (c) train (d) picnic
  37. 37.Make a sentence: train / Jaipur. / We / took / a / to
  38. 38.Make a sentence: everyone. / for / sweets / made / Grandmother
  39. 39.Make a sentence: We / diyas / night. / lit / Diwali / on
  40. 40.Make a sentence: a / Jaipur. / train / to / took / We

Answer key

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

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