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