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