← Talking about yesterday lesson New set →

Simple Past Tense Worksheet for Kids

Spoken English lesson 17: Talking about yesterday · Set 970 · 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 ___ a lot of photos at the zoo. (a) took (b) taken (c) take
  2. 2.They ___ at home yesterday. (a) are (b) was (c) were
  3. 3.Which sentence says “Yesterday, I watched a funny film.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  4. 4.Which sentence says “Last week, we went to the beach.”? (a) Last week, we went to the beach. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.
  5. 5.Which sentence says “Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother.”? (a) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  6. 6.Make a sentence: lit / on / diyas / night. / We / Diwali
  7. 7.Make a sentence: Diwali / diyas / on / lit / We / night.
  8. 8.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.
  9. 9.🏖️ What is this? (a) train (b) film (c) beach (d) camera
  10. 10.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / a / train / to / took / We
  11. 11.Make a sentence: made / sweets / everyone. / for / Grandmother
  12. 12.Make a sentence: Jaipur. / took / to / train / We / a
  13. 13.I ___ my homework last night. (a) does (b) do (c) did
  14. 14.Make a sentence: everyone. / Grandmother / made / for / sweets
  15. 15.Which sentence says “Grandmother made sweets for everyone.”? (a) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (b) Grandmother made sweets for everyone. (c) Yesterday, I watched a funny film.
  16. 16.Make a sentence: lit / We / night. / Diwali / diyas / on
  17. 17.She ___ a beautiful rangoli on Diwali. (a) make (b) makes (c) made
  18. 18.We ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) play (b) plays (c) played
  19. 19.Did you ___ the film? (a) watch (b) watches (c) watched
  20. 20.Make a sentence: night. / Diwali / We / on / lit / diyas
  21. 21.Arjun ___ very happy last week. (a) is (b) were (c) was
  22. 22.Yesterday, I ___ to the market. (a) goes (b) went (c) go
  23. 23.Make a sentence: train / Jaipur. / took / to / a / We
  24. 24.🍬 What is this? (a) camera (b) picnic (c) sweets (d) temple
  25. 25.Make a sentence: took / train / We / to / a / Jaipur.
  26. 26.Make a sentence: everyone. / sweets / made / for / Grandmother
  27. 27.🪔 What is this? (a) letter (b) diya (c) sweets (d) temple
  28. 28.Make a sentence: a / her / wrote / Riya / grandmother. / letter / to
  29. 29.🚂 What is this? (a) train (b) camera (c) letter (d) sweets
  30. 30.Which sentence says “We took a train to Jaipur.”? (a) We lit diyas on Diwali night. (b) Riya wrote a letter to her grandmother. (c) We took a train to Jaipur.
  31. 31.Make a sentence: Diwali / We / on / diyas / night. / lit
  32. 32.Make a sentence: for / made / everyone. / Grandmother / sweets
  33. 33.Make a sentence: took / train / Jaipur. / a / We / to
  34. 34.Make a sentence: letter / grandmother. / her / to / a / Riya / wrote
  35. 35.🎬 What is this? (a) camera (b) film (c) train (d) diya
  36. 36.Make a sentence: diyas / Diwali / We / night. / lit / on
  37. 37.Make a sentence: Diwali / on / lit / night. / diyas / We
  38. 38.Make a sentence: made / everyone. / Grandmother / sweets / for
  39. 39.Make a sentence: lit / We / diyas / Diwali / night. / on
  40. 40.Make a sentence: her / wrote / grandmother. / to / letter / Riya / a

Answer key

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

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