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