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