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