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