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