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