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