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