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