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