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