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