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