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