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