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