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