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