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