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