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