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