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