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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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Verb Viper
Scholars show what they know about verbs with a quick snake-themed learning game. While verbs scroll across the screen, a viper snaps at correct combinations of subjects and verbs. Practice takes a look at to be and have verbs,...
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Test on Simple Past Tense
For this simple past tense worksheet, students write the past tense forms of irregular verbs, complete tables and sentences in simple past and fill in blanks using 'was' or 'were.' Answers may be submitted online. ESL appropriate but not...
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The Past Tense
In this past tense worksheet, students change the verbs in parentheses from present to past tense, underline the regular and irregular past simple tense verbs in 8 sentences and then sort them into the correct boxes.
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A Past Thing Past Tense Verbs
In this past tense verbs learning exercise, students read about and discuss past tense verbs and underline the past tense verb in 6 sentences looking for the clue letters -ed.
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Gone With the Past: Past Tense Verbs
In this past tense verbs instructional activity, students change the verbs to past tense in 8 sentences and change 8 past tense verbs into present tense verbs on the lines provided.
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Past Tense
Students explore the function of verbs when considering tense. They transform a text from future to past tense. Students read a story and discover it is written in past tense. In groups, students rewrite the verbs in the text to...
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Verb Review 1 (Past Prerogative/Past Tense)
In this verb usage activity, students change the verb tense of the word in parenthesis in 36 sentences. The verbs will be past progressive/past tense.
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Past Progressive and Past Tense Verbs
In this verb tense worksheet, students fill in the blanks in 35 sentences by writing the past progressive or past tense form of the verb in parentheses.
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Past Tense Test
For this past tense verbs worksheet, students listen to ten sentences as they are dictated and listen to the ending sound of the past tense verbs. Students mark the correct ending sound (d, t, id) on a chart. Students write the past...
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Past Tense Test: Basic English Grammar
In this verb/past tense worksheet, students review the ending sounds of past tense verbs. Students listen to a sentence, fill in the missing verb, then mark the correct ending sound on a chart. Next, students form the past tense of 10...
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Simple Past Tense-Beginners
In this simple past tense worksheet, students read about forming past tense, then put verbs in sentences into past tense and rewrite sentences in past tense.
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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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Past Experiences-Past Tense Verbs
In this past-tense sentence construction activity, 4th graders rewrite sentences practicing the past tense of "be". They rewrite sentences in the negative, reorder sentences to make questions and write a paragraph.
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Language – Past Tense of Verbs – Regular and Irregular Verbs
In this past tense practice worksheet, respond to 139 fill in the blank and short answer questions regarding the appropriate use of regular and irregular verbs.
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Simple Past Tense: Negatives and Questions
In this simple past tense: negatives and questions worksheet, students read the explanations and examples, then interactively complete 10 exercises using negatives and questions in sentences with immediate online feedback.
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Past Tense Verbs
In this past tense verb review activity, students fill in the 18 blanks in a reading selection with the appropriate forms of the verbs listed in parentheses.
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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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Verb To Be: Past Tense
In this verb tense worksheet, students complete a 10 question online interactive multiple choice exercise on the correct use of past tense verbs of being.
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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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Past Tense Verbs
This activity, which focuses on the Pilgrims, has students practice the use of past tense verbs. Students in the lower grades could complete this fill-in-the-blank worksheet as a review of information learned about Thanksgiving.
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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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Other Tenses in the Subjunctive Mood
After your class has mastered the present and past subjunctive, allow them to explore additional tenses in the subjunctive mood. The resource covers how to conjugate the present perfect, pluperfect, and future subjunctive. Practice is...
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The Imperfect (Past) Subjunctive: How?
Teach your class how to form the imperfect subjunctive. Included here is information on and examples of regular imperfect subjunctive verbs, irregular imperfect subjunctive verbs, and imperfect subjunctive -se endings displayed in long...