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