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