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