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