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