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