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