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The Present Tense (Part 1)

For Teachers 6th - 12th
This resource examines the present tense through several mediums. The information covered includes: regular present tense verbs, stem-changing present tense verbs, irregular present tense verbs, and use of the present tense. Included is...
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The Preterite Tense

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Focus on how to conjugate Spanish verbs in the preterite. You can use this webpage to inform your own lesson on the preterite, take a day in the computer lab, or flip your classroom and have pupils examine the page for homework. There is...
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Worksheet
Nosapo

Verbs: Regular, Irregular, Simple Past Tense

For Students K - 8th Standards
Adding -ed to the ends of most verbs can change a sentence to the past tense—but what about verbs like think or draw? Provide class members with practice activities that focus on both regular and irregular verbs in the simple past tense.
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PPT
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Verb Tenses

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Why is it so important to have consistent verb tense when writing? Discuss some of the implications with your middle and high school classes. Examples are provided, and both incorrect and corrected sentences are shown. There's a lot of...
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University of North Carolina

Verb Tenses

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Twelve categories of verbs exist in the future tense, ranging from simple present to future perfect progressive, but only three have a place in academic writing. Those three tenses make up the content of an informational handout that...
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Present Tense: stem-changing verbs #1

For Students 6th - 9th
Ding! The bell just rang, and you want to get your class focused and ready to go! Consider giving them this short activity as a bell-ringer. After learning about stem-changing verbs in the present tense, they do their best to complete...
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St. Louis Community College

Verb Tenses

For Teachers 5th - 12th Standards
Help your pupils keep their simple, perfect, and progressive tenses straight with a reference page. Each verb tense is paired with a definition and at least one sample sentence.
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Verbs - What is a Verb?

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
This well-designed presentation not only introduces young learners to verbs, but gives them lots of meaningful practice in identifying them. They also get to practice changing the tenses of verbs from past to present. Students get...
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Oxford University Press

Present Tense, Adverbs of Frequency

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
How often do your kids ride their bikes to school, or go to the parks on Saturdays? Use adverbs of frequency to indicate the times that things occur in a grammar worksheet, which also features activities on verbs in the present tense.
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The Present Tense (Part 2)

For Teachers 6th - 12th
When working with Spanish verbs in the present tense, learners will find that there are many irregular verbs and spelling changes that need to be made. This resource provides information on yo from spelling changes, strange stem changes,...
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PPT
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Tense Shift

For Teachers 4th - 7th Standards
Use this comical slide show with your youngsters to review verb tense and tense shift. A shirtless weight-lifter guides your class through examples on how to correct common errors. There are 22 slides included, and several questions to...
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Curated OER

Tense Shift

For Students 6th - 8th
Using the correct verb tense can be difficult for middle schoolers. This ten-question activity requires students to identify the correct word for use in each sentence.
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Present Tense: Stem-Changing Verbs #2

For Students 6th - 9th
Remembering how to conjugate stem-changing verbs is always a challenge. It requires a lot of conjugation practice to burn those patterns into your memory! Use this half-sheet as a bell-ringer or complete it as a class. 
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Curated OER

Identifying Verb Tenses

For Teachers 5th - 6th
How many different verb tenses are there? When do you use each? After introducing the different tenses with your upper elementary schoolers, have them read through a series of sentences, underline the verb in each sentence, and then...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Tense Consistency Exercises

For Students 6th - 7th
In this language arts worksheet, students study subject/verb agreement in sentences by reading and looking for errors in 12 sentences. Students then insert the correct verb tense indicated in 10 sentences. Students also read 3 paragraphs...
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Curated OER

Regular or Irregular: Two Kinds of Verbs

For Students 2nd - 4th
The two kinds of verbs, regular and irregular, are the focus of this language arts worksheet. After a thorough, two-page description of both types, young grammarians fill in the present tense verb given the simple past and past...
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Past Tense Irregular Verbs Word Search

For Students 1st - 2nd
Who doesn't love a word search? Young learners familiar with the past tense of common irregular verbs (like eat, has, and think) will love this activity! First they have to find the past tense of the target verbs. Then, after checking...
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IR + a + the Infinitive Form of the Verb

For Students 6th - 9th
Ir, the Spanish verb meaning to go, is the focus in this worksheet. First middle and high schoolers study the ir+a+infinitive construction, and then they read examples. End with a practice opportunity at the bottom of the page. Language...
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Curated OER

The Present Is Perfect: Using Present Perfect Tense

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Your developing language users rewrite 10 sentences by changing the underlined verbs to present perfect tense verbs with one of the helping verbs: have, has, or had. Resource contains explanatory material as well as a practice...
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Curated OER

Rewriting a Dialogue (removing quotes)

For Students 4th - 5th Standards
This is a great activity! Upper elementary learners read a dialogue-driven passage. Then, they rewrite lines of dialogue by removing the quotation marks and shifting the verb tense to past. Grammar and great writing skills all in one. An...
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Curated OER

Word-building

For Students 3rd - 4th
Practice changing verb tenses and adverbs with a worksheet on vocabulary. A word bank at the top of the page instructs third and fourth graders to add -ing, -s, and -ful to different words. Great for reinforcing vocabulary rules! Use the...
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Present Tense (2)

For Students 3rd - 4th
Learners correct the errors in four sentences related to subject-verb agreement and spelling with the change y to i and add -es rule. A chart with relevant examples makes up the top half of the sheet.
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Structure Practice: The Passive Voice

For Students 3rd - 6th
Use this online interactive worksheet in an ELD class or for younger native speakers. They practice using simple past tense verbs in the passive voice. Many of the constructions are not straightforward, nor often used by early speakers,...
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Curated OER

Present Tense (5)

For Students 3rd - 4th
Your young editors correct errors in eight sentences. Most relate to subject-verb agreement, but a few involve knowing when to change y to i and add -es for third person singular subjects. Contains no reference information.