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