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