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