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