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