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