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