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