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