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