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