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