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