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Past Time
How do you talk about things that have already happened? What about things that happened in the past and are still happening? Explore past, past perfect, and past progressive verb tenses in a helpful slideshow presentation.
English With Jennifer
Conversation Pieces: A Verb Tense Activity
Teach your English language learners about conversations by inviting them to participate in a conversation about an interesting object. Through this conversation, learners will naturally use various verb tenses and practice asking...
Pearson
Past Progressive and Simple Past
How do you describe something that was happening in the past? Use a presentation on past progressive tense to assist your class in finding the correct way to tell a story or write a description.
Curated OER
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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Irregular and Helping Verbs
Irregular verbs are highlighted in this interactive presentation. In each slide, students are given a verb, such as drive. They must then come up with the present, past, and past participle of the word. In this case, drive, drove, and...
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Avoir, Être, et Le Passé Composé
The lesson begins with direct instruction: how and when do we use avoir and être to form the past tense? After identifying the verbs that use either avoir or être, French learners write about five things they did the week prior. Then, 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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Cuentitos para ni
Vamos a escribir! Your older learners will love writing a children's book for learners at the elementary level. The resource suggests having small groups write their stories and create PowerPoint slides with illustrations, but this can...
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The Verb "to be"
In this "to be" worksheet, students fill in the blanks to sentences with the correct form of the verb "to be". Students complete 10 sentences total.
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Say When: Using Past, Present and Future Tense Verbs
In this past, present and future tense verbs worksheet, students decide if the underlined verb in 6 sentences are past, present or future tense verbs, write a present tense verb in 4 sentence and a past tense verb in 4 sentences....
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English Exercises: Irregular Verbs
The twinkling and movement in this online interactive worksheet might make your head spin, but I bet your young grammarians will enjoy it and be engaged. They type in boxes the past tense and past participle of irregular verbs given and...
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A Good Time To Be Away: Past Tense Passive
In this past tense passives activity, students read the sentences and select the correct form of the verb to complete each one. Students complete 20 sentences.
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Regular or Irregular: Two Kinds of Verbs
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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A Now Thing: Present Tense Verbs
Present tense verbs are the focus of this language arts worksheet. Students review verb tenses, and identify present tense verbs in 22 sentences. Some good, solid practice can be found in this fine worksheet.
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Ella y Él
Take a trip to Costa Rica with th popular song "Ella y Él" by Ricardo Arjona. After listening to the song (and possibly reading the lyrics) the class discusses the general message of the song, the political nature, and other US bands...
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Subject-Verb Agreement
Perfect for a middle school classroom, this two-page reference guide introduces subject-verb agreement and gives 10 specific explanations and examples. Then, independently, attempt the 15 sentences that follow. Learners must select the...
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Verb Tense Exercise 6
In this online interactive grammar skills instructional activity, 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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Using the Verb "To be" Exercise 12
In this using the verb "to be" worksheet, students write the correct form of the verb "to be" in the past progressive tense. Students complete 10 sentences.
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Using the Verb "to be" Exercise 9
In this using the verb "to be" worksheet, students complete each sentence using the correct form of the verb "to be" in the simple present tense. Students complete 10 sentences.
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Using the Verb "to be" Exercise 10
In this using the verb "to be" worksheet, students fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb "to be" in the simple present tense. Students complete 10 sentences.
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Using the Verb "To be" Exercise 6
In this using the verb "to be" activity, students use the correct form of the verb "to be" in the simple present tense. Students complete 10 sentences.
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Using the Verb "To Be"
In this "to be" verbs lesson, students review examples of sentences using the verb "to be." Students then complete 12 online sentences using the verb "to be" in past perfect tense, present perfect tense, or future perfect tense.
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Can, Could and To Be Able To Exercise
For this recognizing the infinitive, present, and past tenses of "to be able to" worksheet, students complete sentences by filling in the blanks with the correct verb choices. Students choose 10 multiple choice answers.
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Verb Summary "Be"
In this verb worksheet, students read about the verb "BE." Worksheet is informational only, and covers explanations, examples, making questions and using negatives.