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