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