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