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