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