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