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