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.
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 worksheet. As kids read twelve sentences, they change the given verbs to the correct tense based on context clues.
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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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Verb Tense Exercise 17
In this online interactive grammar skills worksheet, learners 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,...
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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...
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 Progressive/Past Tense Practice
As part of a study of the past progressive and past tense forms of verbs, students 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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Using the Verb "To be" Exercise 07
In this verb tense worksheet, students complete each sentence using the simple past tense form of the verb "to be." Students complete 10 questions.
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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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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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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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Verb Tense Exercise 6
In this online interactive grammar skills learning exercise, 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 worksheet for use with students 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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Irregular Verbs, Some & Any, Questions, Going To (Verb Tense)
In 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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Irregular Verbs Group 6
Using a fill-in-the-blank format, students identify the correct verb and change it into the past tense to complete a sentence. While the activity could be used with students in younger grades, the subject matter of the sentences is for...
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Dropped Endings and Verb Tense Worksheet 1
In this grammar worksheet, students rewrite a paragraph changing it from present tense to past tense. Students check for omitted endings from nouns as well.
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Speaking Practice
Conversational language is something that both young learners and adults learning English need to practice. This short activity, with 13 prompts, can help learners develop this skill. The sentence frames included on this worksheet are...
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Modals: Can, May and Will Verbs: Present Tense
Cover can, may, will, and shall with this lesson on using modals in the present tense. Starting off with a warm-up activity, the resource includes a text to analyze, examples of modals, and exercises with answers. The language in the...
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Irregular Verbs Group 7
With a simple fill-in-the blank format, this worksheet provides a quick review of past tense verbs. The format and sentence content seem appropriate for older students.It could be used in an ESL class.