Minnesota Literacy Council
Regular Verbs Simple Present and Simple Past Tenses
Class members listen as the instructor reads pairs of sentences that contain the simple present and simple past tense of the same verbs.
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Present, Present Progressive and Past Tense Practice
This activity, which was designed for use in an ESL setting, focuses on the present, present progressive and past verb tense. The types of sentences used would be appropriate for older students. There are 20 questions.
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Verbs in Past Tense
In this grammar worksheet, students fill in the correct form of the verb in parentheses in past tense in thirty sentences. Students check to make sure each one is grammatically correct.
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Verb Tense Exercise 17
In this online interactive grammar skills worksheet, students answer 12 fill in the blank questions regarding present and past tense verbs. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Business English at Work: Verb Tense, Voice and Mood-Verbals
Demonstrate the various tenses of irregular and regular verbs. The verbs be, do, and have are charted out for the present tense, past tense, and past and present participles. Likewise, many regular verbs are conjugated into present,...
Grammar Net
Past Simple v. Past Perfect Simple
Help English learners tell the difference between the past tense and the past perfect tense with a grammar learning exercise. As kids read twelve sentences, they change the given verbs to the correct tense based on context clues.
St. Louis Community College
Verb Tenses
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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Correct Uses of the Verb "Be"
Useful for an intermediate to advanced ESL class, as well as a standard Language Arts class, this grammar presentation guides learners through the forms of "be." Slides detailing the present tense singular and plural, as well as past...
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The Pronunciation of Regular Verbs in the Past Exercise
Give your class experience with pronunciation. This worksheet has learners place the given verbs ending in /-ed/ into columns based on the final sound, then state the rules for pronunciation. This is a more advanced activity and is very...
University of North Carolina
Verb Tenses
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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Past Tense 4
In this online grammar worksheet, students read the sentences in present tense followed by sentences in past tense in which the verb is omitted. Students write the verb in the past tense to complete 14 exercises.
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Past Progressive/Past Tense Practice
As part of a study of the past progressive and past tense forms of verbs, learners fill in the blanks. The activity, which focuses on the use of past tense verbs and forming questions, would be appropriate for older students. The story...
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Past Tense Interview
This open-ended activity to review past tense verbs could be used with both younger and older students. Using an interview format, students ask their classmates questions and fill in the answers. For younger students, you would want to...
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Yesterday - Working With Past Tense Verbs
In this grammar worksheet, students fill in the missing words in three paragraphs that tell what they did yesterday. They write the past tense of the 16 base words that are given in a word bank at the bottom of the page as they fill in...
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Verb Tenses
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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Past Tense Forms of Verbs
In this grammar worksheet, students change fifteen present tense verbs into past tense verbs. Students then place the verb in ten sentences in the past tense to make each one grammatically correct.
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Verb Tense Exercise 6
For this online interactive grammar skills worksheet, students answer 15 fill in the blank questions regarding simple past and present perfect verbs. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Verb Review 1 (Present/Past)
Using a fill-in-the-blank format learners explore the use of present/past/future verbs. This 41-question activity upper elementary and older students in an ESL class would get a good background in the use of verbs.
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Past Versus Present Perfect
Using this 15 question activity learners practice using the past and present perfect forms of verbs. This would be a great instructional activity for use with learners in both upper elementary and older grades.
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Using Modal Verbs to Problem Solve - Discussing a Difficult Situation
Students focus on the use of modal verbs of probability and advice in the past tense while discussing and solving a difficult problem.
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Verb Review 1 (Mixed Including Passive)
Cut this sheet in two, and provide each learner with two days worth of bell-ringer activities. English language learners (or those studying English grammar) complete a short activity that has them complete a paragraph using the passive...
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Grammar Lesson Plan: Simple Past vs. Present Perfect
What's the difference between the present perfect and simple past? Have your class practice identifying and using both of these verb tenses through pair activities, whole-class discussion, and a worksheet.
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QUIZ 5A: Irregular Verbs (Group 1)
In this irregular verb instructional activity, learners write the past tense of 12 irregular verbs. They complete 7 sentences using the past tense of the verbs they formed at the top of the page.
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Irregular Verbs, Some & Any, Questions, Going To (Verb Tense)
For this irregular verbs worksheet, students translate the verbs and write the past tense forms, choose correct uses for "some" & "any", rewrite questions words in the right order and change the tense of "to be going" phrases.
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