Curated OER
Sequencing the Daily Calendar
Students identify the passage of time. They also practice with basic mathematical concepts.
Curated OER
Homonyms, Homographs, and Homophones
In this word device worksheet, students complete activities that help them identify homonyms, homographs, and homophones. Students complete 30 problems.
Curated OER
Dear Darla
Students write a letter. In this language arts lesson, students play the role of an advice column journalist. Students respond to a letter asking for advice.
Curated OER
Autobiography
Young scholars investigate the concept of an autobiography and use the teacher as an example of how one is developed. They ask the teacher questions and take notes while the answers are given. This activity can be carried over to student...
Curated OER
Christmas Tree
In this spelling activity worksheet, students try to create as many words as possible from the words 'Christmas tree.' Students write the words on the lines and use the clues to help find the words.
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: Verb Tenses: Grammar Rules
This page explains the three major verb tenses: past, present, and future with examples. It also offers links to information about each of these as well as the perfect, continuous, and perfect continuous of each.
BBC
Bbc: Skillswise: Past, Present, or Future Tense
This Skillswise site focuses on verb tenses. Included are a video about why learning about tenses is important, fact sheets and worksheets for instruction, quizzes on the information presented, and games to practice the skill. The...
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: A Quiz in Identifying Tenses
In this 10 question quiz, students match names of English tenses in one column with sentences that contain those verb tenses (written in all capital letters) in another column by typing the number of the sentence in the boxes provided.
abcteach
Abc Teach: Verb Skill Sheets
[Free Registration/Login Required] Provides worksheets to use with learners explaining the different types of verbs and how to use them. There is one five page mini-unit on simple present, past and future tenses. Also included are a cut...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Using the Present Progressive Tense
Present progressives describe an action in progress, or something that started in the past and is still happening. It is formed with the helping "to be" verb in the present tense and the present participle of the verb. [0:42]
Other
Rocket Languages: Verbs in the Present Tense and Conjugations
This learning module explains how to understand infinitives forms of Spanish. Examples of present and past tense Spanish verbs, and other verb information, are provided. Audio and written examples are provided, along with English...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: How Many Verb Tenses Are There in English?
How many different verb tenses are there in a language like English? At first, the answer seems obvious- there's past, present, and future. Anna Ananichuk explains how thanks to something called grammatical aspect, each of those time...
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Sequence of Verb Tenses
This grammar page teaches the sequence of verbs, including simple present and past, present and past perfect, future, future perfect, and infinitive verbs. Includes chart and examples. L.11-12.4b Patterns/changes
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: Verb Conjugation Grammar Rules
This page explains verb conjugations including persons: first, second, and third person; number: singular and plural; and tenses: present, past, and future and simple, continuous, and perfect. It provides examples of verb conjugations.
Quia
Quia: Challenge Board: Verb Tense
In this one or two player game, students select categories (past, present, future, past progressive, present progressive) and point values for each question. After the selection, they type in the required tense to fill in each sentence...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: The Simple Present
This lesson introduces the simple present tense and how it is used. This tutorial lesson shares a short slideshow with the lesson's content.
English Club
English Club: Learn English: Grammar: Verbs: The 12 Basic English Tenses
Information about verb tenses and links to additional information about present, past, and future tenses.
Other
Isabel's Esl Site: Past Simple Tense
The English past simple is presented clearly, with examples and exercises. ESL students could use this site on their own. Some guidance in Spanish.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Verb Tenses
This slideshow lesson focuses on 12 verb tenses by providing background and examples of each. The 12 verb tenses are as follows: present, present continuous, present perfect, present perfect continuous, past, past continuous, past...
E Reading Worksheets
E Reading Worksheets: Verb Tense Activities
This site provides several worksheets that require students to analyze the verb tenses used in sentences. Students will enjoy the "pirates" theme as they identify verbs, verb phrases, and verb tenses.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Intro to Verb Tense
Choose the appropriate verb tense by asking yourself: 'Does this sentence take place in the past, the present, or the future?'
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Managing Time With Tense and Aspect
Using what you've already learned about tense and aspect, use your time wizardry to make sense of these sentences.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Verb Tenses
This video is a lesson on all 12 verb tenses using graphic organizers.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Using the Correct Verb Tense
Verb tense is used to show when an action occurs, whether it is in the past, the present, or the future. [0:56]