Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 691 · 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.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) are (b) were (c) was
2. 2.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) played (b) play (c) plays
3. 3.Which sentence says “We lit diyas on Diwali night.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Last week, we went to the beach. (c) We lit diyas on Diwali night.
4. 4.We ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) take (b) taken (c) took
5. 5.Make a sentence: grandmother. / Riya / her / to / wrote / letter / a
6. 6.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) make (b) made (c) makes
7. 7.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
8. 8.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) were (b) is (c) was
9. 9.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) Last week, we went to the beach.
10. 10.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) Last week, we went to the beach.
11. 11.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) We took a train to Jaipur. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
12. 12.Make a sentence: wrote / to / Riya / her / grandmother. / letter / a
13. 13.Make a sentence: diyas / We / night. / on / lit / Diwali
14. 14.Make a sentence: for / everyone. / Grandmother / made / sweets
15. 15.Make a sentence: to / letter / a / grandmother. / Riya / wrote / her
16. 16.🧺 What is this? (a) film (b) picnic (c) letter (d) train
17. 17.Make a sentence: on / night. / Diwali / lit / We / diyas
18. 18.✉️ What is this? (a) letter (b) temple (c) sweets (d) diya
19. 19.Make a sentence: took / Jaipur. / to / train / We / a
20. 20.Make a sentence: We / on / Diwali / diyas / night. / lit
21. 21.📷 What is this? (a) fireworks (b) film (c) diya (d) camera
22. 22.I ___ my homework last night. (a) does (b) did (c) do
23. 23.Make a sentence: took / Jaipur. / a / to / train / We
24. 24.Make a sentence: night. / Diwali / lit / on / We / diyas
25. 25.Make a sentence: to / grandmother. / a / her / wrote / letter / Riya
26. 26.Make a sentence: letter / a / grandmother. / her / Riya / to / wrote
27. 27.🍬 What is this? (a) sweets (b) picnic (c) film (d) train
28. 28.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) We took a train to Jaipur. (b) Yesterday, I watched a funny film. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
29. 29.Make a sentence: train / took / a / Jaipur. / to / We
30. 30.Make a sentence: grandmother. / Riya / letter / to / wrote / a / her
31. 31.Make a sentence: sweets / made / for / everyone. / Grandmother
32. 32.Did you ___ the film? (a) watched (b) watch (c) watches
33. 33.🏖️ What is this? (a) diya (b) camera (c) beach (d) train
34. 34.Make a sentence: took / train / to / a / We / Jaipur.
35. 35.Make a sentence: letter / wrote / grandmother. / her / a / Riya / to
36. 36.🪔 What is this? (a) diya (b) sweets (c) picnic (d) letter
37. 37.Make a sentence: Grandmother / everyone. / sweets / for / made
38. 38.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) go (b) goes (c) went
39. 39.🛕 What is this? (a) sweets (b) temple (c) picnic (d) camera
40. 40.🎬 What is this? (a) camera (b) film (c) diya (d) train

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