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Curated OER

The Present Perfect Tense and the Simple Past Tense

For Students 6th - 8th
In this present perfect tense and simple past tense worksheet, students identify the differences between the present perfect tense and the simple past tense.
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Curated OER

Past Tense 1

For Students 4th - 5th
Nothing says past tense like the Ice Age. Learners fill in the blanks for each of 10 sentences with the proper past tense verb. Each sentence focuses on information related to dinosaurs or Ice Age animals.
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Curated OER

Past Simple or Past Progressive

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students complete an online grammar quiz for past progressive form or past progressive. In this grammar quiz lesson, students read the example sentences and use the past simple or past progressive form of the verbs to complete each...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Verb Tense: Present Continuous, Simple Past, Present Perfect Continuous and Past Perfect Continuous

For Students 7th - 8th
For this verb tense worksheet, student use the verb given and  enter it in the proper tense so it agrees with the rest of the sentence, with hints and answers available.
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ESL Kid Stuff

Past Tense Activities - Irregular Verbs

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
"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 irregular verbs.
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Curated OER

Simple Past Survey

For Students Higher Ed
In this simple past ESL worksheet, students will focus on answering questions using the simple past tense. Students will respond to 8 simple past questions by responding in the positive or the negative.
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Curated OER

Simple Past Sentences

For Students Higher Ed
In this simple past worksheet, students will focus on usage of the past tense. Students will complete 7 matching questions by looking at the pictures in one column and matching them with the correct verb in the second column. Then...
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Curated OER

English Exercises: Present Simple Exercises

For Students 3rd - 8th
Here is a blinking, wiggling interactive online practice exercise in which learners adapt 30 sentences to correctly use the present simple tense. They rewrite negative sentences as affirmatives. They may submit their answers to be scored.
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ESL Kid Stuff

Past Tense Activities - Regular Verbs

For Teachers 1st - 5th Standards
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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Curated OER

Past Simple Form "Yes/No" Questions

For Students 7th - 8th
For this past simple verbs worksheet, students create twenty different yes or no questions, using given words, in the simple past form.
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Curated OER

Past Simple or Past Progressive 2

For Students 6th - 7th
In this online grammar worksheet, students read the sentences and complete them by putting the verb in simple past or past progressive form. Students complete 15 exercises.
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Interactive
Curated OER

Past Simple Tense

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this interactive grammar instructional activity, students complete each of the ten sentences by typing in the correct past simple tense of the verb.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Past Simple or Progressive

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students complete an online grammar quiz using the past simple or progressive forms of verbs. In this grammar quiz instructional activity, students read the sentences and complete them using the past simple forms or progressive forms...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Past Simple Form Negative

For Students 7th - 8th
On this past simple form negative worksheets, students design twenty different sentences, from a given list of words, using the past simple form.
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Curated OER

Simple Past: Regular Verbs 1

For Students 4th - 5th
In this verb tenses interactive worksheet, students explore past tense. Students complete ten questions where they choose the proper spelling of the past tense of the verb listed.
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Curated OER

Verb Tense Exercise 6

For Students 5th - 10th
In this online interactive grammar skills worksheet, 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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Worksheet
Curated OER

Simple Present and Present Progressive

For Students 5th - 7th
In this simple present and present progressive learning exercise, learners fill in the blanks with the correct simple present and present progressive form.
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Interactive
Curated OER

Past Simple Tense

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this simple past tense worksheet, learners choose the correct word, fill in the blanks to sentences, and more. Students complete 26 questions.
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Curated OER

Simple Past Tense-Questions with Interrogative

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this simple past tense learning exercise, students use words and phrases given to form questions in simple past tense. ESL appropriate but not exclusive.
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Curated OER

Simple Past: Was or Were

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this simple past tense worksheet, students complete sentences by choosing either 'was' or 'were' from a drop down list. ESL appropriate but not exclusive.
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Curated OER

Simple Past Tense

For Students 4th - 7th
In this simple past tense worksheet, students fill in blanks in sentences with the correct form of verbs given. Answers may be submitted online.
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Lesson Plan
Pearson

Yellow Submarine

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Here's a clever twist on a grammar lesson. Kids listen to the Beatles' happy children's song, "Yellow Submarine" and then identify the simple present and past tense verbs in the lyrics.
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Handout
Grammar Bytes

Rules For Using Irregular Verbs

For Students 2nd - 5th Standards
Add to the grammar toolboxes of young scholars with this comprehensive resource on irregular verbs. Offering clear instruction with the help of numerous examples, this reference document is perfect for upper-elementary English language...
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PPT
Curated OER

English Simple Perfect Tenses

For Students 4th Standards
Quiz class members on the present perfect, past perfect, and future perfect tenses with a helpful grammar presentation. Before learners practice their skills, they view the definition of each tense, complete with correct examples and...