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