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