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Verbs: Regular, Irregular, Simple Past Tense
Adding -ed to the ends of most verbs can change a sentence to the past tense—but what about verbs like think or draw? Provide class members with practice activities that focus on both regular and irregular verbs in the simple past...
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Subject-Verb Agreement - To Be (was,were)
Was he or were they? Young grammarians are challenged to use the correct past tense form of to be in the 10 sentences of a grammar practice worksheet. Because no definitions or examples are given, you might use the exercise as an...
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The Past Tense -- Simple Past
A quick review of the past tense begins this worksheet. It focuses on the simple past, and has a diagram to identify past actions in visual terms. Adding -ed or -ied is explained, and the past forms of to...
ESL Kid Stuff
Past Tense Activities - Irregular Verbs
"What did you do yesterday?" Language learners engage in carefully scaffolded activities that review past tense regular verbs, that introduce new vocabulary words, and that permit practice of using the past tense of...
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Past Tense Activities - Irregular Verbs: Part 1
As part of a series of resources designed for English learners, a language arts lesson prompts kid engage in activities and exercises that focus on the past tense of irregular verbs.
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Tenses: Verbs in the past, present, and future tenses
Use this presentation with your ELLs, younger learners, or as practice for those finicky 4th graders. Verb tense and usage is covered from present, past, to future. There are several examples provided as well as six verbs to be put into...
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Past Tense Activities - Regular Verbs
Here is a supplemental lesson plan regarding past tense verbs for English language learners that is a great tool for the classroom when you are teaching grammar exercises.
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Past Tense Subject/Verb Agreement
In this past tense subject/verb agreement worksheet, students determine verbs in sentences. In this multiple choice worksheet, students complete ten sentences.
K12 Reader
Change the Verbs to Adverbs
A 10-item learning exercise challenges scholars to change verbs to adverbs using their knowledge of adjectives and suffixes.
ESL Kid Stuff
Past Tense Activities - Irregular Verbs: Part 2
The second part of a two-part lesson on irregular past tense verbs prompts language learners to add four more verbs to the list of twelve they have been working with.
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Linking Verbs: To Be or Not To Be
In this linking verbs worksheet, learners read about the proper usage of the verb to be. They underline the verb, to be, in 5 sentences, write the eight words that form the verb, and fill in the blank with the proper verb form in 6...
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Past Tense Irregular Verbs
With this worksheet, youngsters review past tense irregular words and predict the spelling of these words. They complete a worksheet where they fill in the missing letters of irregular verbs. The sheet provides the exact number of spaces...
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Past Time
Review important grammatical rules. Focusing on the past tense, learners practice concepts that are used to form sentences in the past tense. This could a good activity at a center.
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The Verb "to be"
In this "to be" activity, learners fill in the blanks to sentences with the correct form of the verb "to be". Students complete 10 sentences total.
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.
Curated OER
Expressing Past Time - Part 1
Here is an incredibly-thorough, 99-slide presentation which covers many rules of grammar. The focus is on present and past tenses of verbs, irregular verbs, and how to properly use them. The colorful PowerPoint has dozens of examples for...
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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 6
In this using the verb "to be" worksheet, 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" 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"
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.
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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Verb Forms- Present and Past Tense
In this verb tense worksheet, students fill in 30 blanks by choosing the proper verb form from the word in parenthesis. They complete a conversation by putting 18 verbs into the present perfect or simple past tense.