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