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