University of Hawaiʻi
Verb Tense Review: the Importance of Time
When you ask a fourth grader to write a sentence in the past perfect progressive tense, there might be some confusion. But with a presentation that features several different verb tenses, along with examples and a handy timeline, your...
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Present Continuous or Simple Present Tense?
In this present continuous or simple present tense worksheet student choose whether the verb should be in the present continuous or the simple present tense. Students complete ten multiple choice questions.
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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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Simple Present / Present Progressive
Using a fill-in-the-blank and multiple choice format, this activity gives students a chance to practice their skills using the simple present tense of a verb and present progressive. With 20 questions, and a varied format, this activity...
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Simple Present Tense-Negative Sentences
In this simple present tense worksheet, students use words and phrases given to form negative sentences in simple present tense. ESL appropriate but not exclusive.
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Form Questions in Simple Present Tense
In this simple present tense instructional activity, students use words and phrases given to questions in simple present tense. ESL appropriate but not exclusive.
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Simple Present or Present Continuous?
Mastering verb tense is an important part of building your learners' reading skills. Young grammarians look over ten sentences and use context clues to decide whether they should use the present or present progressive tense.
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Past Tense Activities - Irregular Verbs: Part 2
The second part of a two-part instructional activity 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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Present Time: ESL
Review the basics with your ESL students. This presentation covers basic English Grammar focusing specifically on simple present, present progressive, adverbs of frequency, and short answers. This is a content review and intended to...
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Yes/No Questions in the Simple Present Tense
In this simple present tense worksheet, 1st graders learn to ask and answer yes/no questions using the simple present tense. Students read 3 questions and select the yes/no answer.
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Simple Present or Present Continuous Exercise #1
In this simple present or present continuous worksheet, students fill in fifteen blanks with the appropriate verb tense that makes each sentence grammatically correct.
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Grammar Lesson Plan: Simple Past vs. Present Perfect
What's the difference between the present perfect and simple past? Have your class practice identifying and using both of these verb tenses through pair activities, whole-class discussion, and a worksheet.
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Simple Present
In this ESL present simple verb tense worksheet, students examine 7 pictures of people in action. Students match these to the verbs that describe them.
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Simple Past Tense: "Goldilocks and the Three Bears"
In this simple present tense learning exercise, students use fill in blanks in the story "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" with simple past tense verbs. ESL appropriate but not exclusive.
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Present Simple Tense
In this ESL worksheet, students will focus on the usage of the verb form "to be." Students will create ten questions, by unscrambling the words provided.
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ESL Blue: Present Tenses
In this online interactive ESL activity, students respond to 20 fill in the blank questions regarding the use of present tense verbs. They choose between simple present and present progressive forms. Students may check their answers with...
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Verbs And Tenses
In this verbs and tenses worksheet, students write a short sentence for each of the twenty verb tense directives and then underline the particular structure requested. This would be a good resource for reviewing each of the verb tenses...
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Simple Present or Present Continuous?
In this simple present or present continuous worksheet, students choose which verb, simple present or present continuous goes correctly in each of the ten sentences that makes each one grammatically correct.
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Forming Simple Present Questions
In this simple present tense worksheet, students use words and phrases given to form questions in simple present tense. ESL appropriate but not exclusive.
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Present Tense: Simple Versus Progressive
For this present tense worksheet, students read the sentences about a description of a hurricane. Students select the simple present tense of the verb forms to complete the 30 sentences.
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Present Simple Tense
In this ESL worksheet, students focus on the present simple tense. Students study the 12 pictures given and the associated verbs and write a sentence for each.
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ESL: Forming the Simple Present Tense
In this ESL grammar activity, students put a verb shown in brackets in the correct form to complete a paragraph. Students may click on "show a letter" and "check answers" buttons.
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Verbs: Past
The focus of this 38-page packet is on past tense verbs. Packed with games, activities, exercises, and drills that can be adapted to any level, the resource deserves a place in your ESL/ELD curriculum library.
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Verb Tense for Regular and Irregular Verbs
In this regular and irregular verb tenses worksheet, 6th graders write the present, simple past and present perfect form of regular and irregular verbs; the instructions are in French.