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