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