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