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