Curated OER
Housing
Students prepare for life on their own after graduation. They explore various types of housing available in the United States. Students study about caring for a home including how to resolve problems and repairs.
Curated OER
Empty chairs
Students sit in the middle chair and describe (for a minute or so) the clothes they are wearing. Alternatively, or in addition, members of the group fire questions at the protagonist to get her to describe her clothes.
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...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Past and Present
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart explains the difference between past and present and includes a sorting exercise, video content, and assessment.
TESL Journal
Activities for Esl Students: Be Verb Past and Present
Twenty sentences with blanks where a "be" verb should be. Students choose which verb fits correctly into the context of the sentence. Correct answers are provided for any that are missed, and a percentage score is kept and displayed at...
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.
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.
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?'
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...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Verb Tense Handout [Pdf]
This is a four-page "Verb Tense" handout from Nesbitt - Johnston Writing Center, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY, which focuses on the proper tenses to use when writing about literature and when writing about science. I explains present,...
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...
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies
Mocomi: Verb Tense Exercise
Complete the exercise that tests your understanding of past or present tense.
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.
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]
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...
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...
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: 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.
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...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Verb Tenses
This video is a lesson on all 12 verb tenses using graphic organizers.
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.