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