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