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