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