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