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