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