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