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