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