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