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