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