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