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