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