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