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