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