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