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