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Past Simple or Present Perfect?

For Students 3rd - 5th
These 10 sentences, in which your learners choose the correct of two options for the verb, provide practice with the tricky, finer points of distinguishing when to use the past simple form or the present perfect. Learners click on a box...
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K5 Learning

The Parade

For Students 1st Standards
Parades are a joy to watch and learn about. Class members read about a child who attended a parade with her mother and brother, match past tense verbs from the reading, identify and fill in blanks for sight words candy,...
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Verb Tense Stories

For Students 4th - 6th
In this verb tense worksheet, students circle the verbs in the story, rewrite them in the past tense, and then rewrite the story with the past tense verbs. Students do this for 26 verbs.
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Past Versus Present Perfect

For Students 4th - Higher Ed
Using this 15 question activity learners practice using the past and present perfect forms of verbs. This would be a great worksheet for use with students in both upper elementary and older grades.
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Verbs: Did or Have Done

For Students 4th - 6th
Study the present perfect or past simple verb forms with this resource. There are two exercises provided; in the first, budding grammarians complete a set of eight sentences with the correct verb form. In the second, they rewrite a list...
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The Present Perfect Tense and the Prepositions "For" and "Since"

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this present perfect grammar worksheet, students complete 10 sentences using "for" or "since." There is instruction provided on this page.
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Past Tense Activities - Irregular Verbs: Part 2

For Teachers 3rd - 9th
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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K12 Reader

Nouns Verbs: Write it Both Ways

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
A worksheet gives scholars the opportunity to take five words and use them as a noun and a verb. Changing the verb tenses and making nouns singular or plural work to compose a grammatically correct sentence. 
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Prueba de competencia

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
Need to know the level of your incoming Spanish class? Use this with your high school classes (or older) to determine how much Spanish they know. The quiz itself is almost six pages long and covers verb conjugation, different verb...
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Entire Group or Individuals of the Group

For Students 3rd - 5th
For this entire or individual group worksheet, students decide if nouns in a sentence are the entire or individual of a group and then choose the correct present tense of the verb. Students complete 11 sentences.
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Using the Verb "To Be"

For Students 5th - 7th
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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Past Perfect or Present Tense

For Students 4th - 8th
A great resource for English language learners! They fill in the blanks with verbs in the past tense or past perfect tense. There are 15 sentences, and learners can check their answers with the click of a button. 
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Grammar Practice: Consistency of Tense

For Students 6th - 8th
After a concise explanation of verb inconsistency, learners study detailed examples and then rewrite a series of sentences to eliminate tense inconsistencies. An answer key is provided. The worksheet could be used as part of a mini...
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The Imperfect (Past) Subjunctive: When?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Is your class in the mood for the imperfect subjunctive? They will be if they understand when to use it. Pupils can read, or you can take lesson inspiration from, the the provided information. Learners will find out all about using the...
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Avoir, Être, et Le Passé Composé

For Teachers 6th - 8th
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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Irregular Verbs Practice #2

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this irregular verbs practice worksheet, middle schoolers read an informative lesson. Students then respond to 14 questions that require them to finish the sentences with the correct forms of the verbs.
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Gone With the Past: Past Tense Verbs

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this past tense verbs worksheet, 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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Verb Tenses: Present, Past, and Future

For Students 5th - 6th
In these verb tenses worksheets, students complete three pages of activities that help them understand and use the present, past, and future verb tenses correctly.
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Identifying Irregular Past Tense Words

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders locate past tense words in a story. In this irregular past tense word lesson plan, 3rd graders read "Gus and the Goblin" and find past tense words. Students give the present tense form of each, then continue the process for...
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The Past Tense

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this past tense instructional activity, 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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Past Tense Verbs

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students demonstrate that verbs can tell about actions that happened in the past, as well as name past tense verbs when given present verbs. They practice sentence construction and apply their new knowledge through creative writing.
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Action Verbs - Past, Present or Future Tense

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this grammar worksheet, students circle the action verb in each of 10 sentences. They write down whether the verb is past tense, present tense, or future tense on the blank line at the end of each sentence.
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Past Tense

For Teachers 4th - 7th
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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Present Perfect Simple or Past Simple

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this present perfect simple or past simple worksheet, students decide which tense time clauses are in and then fill in the blanks to sentences with each tense. Students complete 2 activities.