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