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