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