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