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