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