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