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