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