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