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