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