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