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