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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Choosing a Present Tense

For Students 9th - 10th
This video lesson focuses on choosing a present tense; it discusses present tense and when to use it. It lists and discusses each of the four types of present tense -- simple present, present progressive (also called present continuous),...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Choosing a Present Tense

For Students 9th - 10th
This video lesson focuses on the choosing the correct form of a present tense verb. She uses 3 different base words and takes them through forming all forms of the present tense and what must be included in each: simple present, present...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Editing for Proper Voice, Tense, and Syntax

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on editing voice, verb tense, and syntax. It includes practice exercises.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Verb Tense Handout [Pdf]

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
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,...
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Colby College

Spanish Language & Culture: Future Tense and Si Clauses

For Students 9th - 10th
Great explanation of "if" clauses in the present indicative tense that are used in sentences with the future tense. A short exercise tests the student's mastery of the principle and reviews a variety of present and future tense...
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Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Exercise: Tense Consistency Exercise 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab) provides practice related the consistent use in verb tense.
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Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Exercise : Tense Consistency Exercise 3

For Students 10th - 12th
This Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab) provides practice with using consistent verb tense.
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Languages Online

Languages Online: Si Clauses + Conditional Tense

For Students 9th - 10th
This exercise-practice the teaches students how to write imperfect subjunctive and the conditional tense used in Spanish "if-would" clauses. Fill in the blank with the conditional or past subjunctive form of the verb. Answers may be...
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Languages Online

Languages Online: The Preterite Tense (Regular Verbs)

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief explanation of the preterite tense and of its regular conjugations introduces a variety of exercises that practice each type of conjugation -ar, -er, and -ir. Endings are first matched to pronouns, and then gap-fill exercises...
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Languages Online

Languages Online: The Future Tense

For Students 9th - 10th
A great explanation of how to conjugate the future tense introduces six exercises that practice regular and irregular verbs. The "vosotros" form is also used. One exercise involves converting the verbs from present tense to future, and...
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Languages Online

Languages Online: Regular Present Tense

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief explanation of regular present tense conjugations introduces a variety of nine exercises that practice each type of conjugation -ar, -er, and -ir. Endings are first matched to pronouns, and then gap-fill exercises provide verb...
Handout
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Exercise : Tense Consistency Exercise 4

For Students 10th - 12th
This Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab) provides examples of verb tense consistency. This site demonstrates how different authors control verb tense shifts in the context of paragraphs.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Past Continuous Tense

For Students 9th - 10th
This slideshow lesson discusses the past continuous tense, also referred to as the past progressive tense. It defines the tense, explains what is needed to form the tense, and provides examples.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Verb Tenses

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Using the Present Progressive Tense

For Students 3rd - 7th Standards
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]
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Verb Tenses

For Students 9th - 10th
This video is a lesson on all 12 verb tenses using graphic organizers.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Shifts in Verb Tenses

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Shifts in verb tense are useful in helping readers understand actions occurring at different times. Verb tenses should stay consistent in every sentence. [0:42]
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City University of New York

City University of New York: E Recource Center: Grammar Tutorials: Verb Tense

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
The tutorial contains five exercises addressing correct use of verb tenses. Each exercise contains an explanation of the grammar concept and then an opportunity for students to practice. Students can download pdf of each explanation. The...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: When to Use the Past Tense for Irregular Verbs

For Students 2nd - 6th Standards
Often when we write the past tense of a regular verb, we add an "-ed" after the last letter. Irregular verbs do not follow this rule! The simple past and simple participle of irregular verbs can end in a variety of ways with no...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Choosing a Past Tense

For Students 9th - 10th
This slideshow focuses on choosing a past tense; it lists the four types of past tense: simple past, past continuous, past perfect, past perfect continuous. It defines each, explains its purpose, provides an example, and discusses when...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Using the Correct Verb Tense

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Verb tense is used to show when an action occurs, whether it is in the past, the present, or the future. [0:56]
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Choosing a Present Tense

For Students 9th - 10th
This slideshow lesson focuses on choosing the right present tense from the 4 types: simple present, present continuous, present perfect, and present perfect continuous. It discusses the requirements for each of the present tenses and...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: How to Use Perfect Verb Tenses

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
The three perfect verb tenses show actions that have already been completed. [0:47]
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Future Continuous Tense

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson introduces the future continuous tense and how it is used. This tutorial lesson shares a short slideshow and provides review questions over the lesson's content.

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