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