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