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