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