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