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