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