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