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