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