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