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