Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 57 · 40 questions

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”).

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

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