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