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