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