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