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