PAST TENSE Worksheets

Simple Present: Irregular Verbs 2 (Past Tense Form)

Target Language: was / were became began bit blew broke brought built bought could caught chose came cost cut did drew drank drove ate fell fed felt found flew forgot froze got gave went had heard hit...

Green Sort #5: Adding -ED to words.

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Instructions: Unscramble the letters to make words from your sort.

Target Language: hopped saved seemed mixed planned hoped waited joined closed shouted grabbed passed wanted ...

What's the tense? drink/drive/forget/give

Target Language: I drank a can of coke. I drink a can of coke. I will drink a can of coke. He has drunk a can of coke. We drank a can of coke. He drives to work. You will drive to work. They have ...

Past and Present Tenses

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Instructions: Decide which verbs go in the gaps and rewrite the text putting the verbs in the right tense.

Target Language: Once upon a time there be a little girl called Little Red Riding ...

Past Time Verb Crossword

Instructions: Place into the crossword puzzle the past time version of the clue. For example: Clue - Walk; Answer - Walked

Target Language: jumped jump danced dance worried worry cried ...

Past Time Verbs - doubling the consonant

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Target Language: 1. Darth Vader kidnap Princess Leia to find the secret Rebel base. 2. She slip on the wet floor and fell down. 3. The tired boy rub his eyes to try and stay awake. 4. The ...

Using Past Time Verbs

Instructions: Please put the PAST TIME form of the verb in to complete the sentence from the word box. Remember - When you want to add "ED" to a word that ends in a consonant followed by a "Y,"...

Past Tense Verbs

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Instructions: Change the infinitive verb to past tense verb

Target Language: became become began begin broke break brought bring caught catch came come drank drink drew draw fought fight ...

Independent clauses - past tense - time markers

Instructions: Putting the time marker first, unscramble the independent clause sentences.

Target Language: Today I caught the bus to work. Yesterday I walked to the shop. Last night I watched ...

ing and ed

Target Language: supplied deciding occurred identifying supplying included occurring delayed denied including qualified delaying denying admitted qualifying satisfied decided ...

Simple past tense verbs

Target Language: fell past tense of fall fought past tense of fight gave past tense of give bought past tense of buy showed past tense of show spilled past tense of spil sent past tense of send set ...

Grammar Diagnostic

Target Language: It was raining ________ I didn't go to school. It was raining ________ I went to school anyway. Next weekend my family and I ________ go to the zoo. Last weekend my family and I ...

Y to i

Target Language: tries dried hurried studied played dances obeyed worrying playing studies hurries trying wrapping dried tried hurrying hoping plays drying studying

Picnic Story

Target Language: During the holidays I went on a fabulous picnic with my friends. On the way to the picnic I bought some petrol. When we arrived at the picnic ground there were not many places to park...

Past Tense Independent Clauses and noun groups

Target Language: I / walk / shops I walked to the shops. I / play / tennis I played tennis. She / run / park She ran in the park. He / drive / to work. He drove to work. I / speak / neighbour. I spoke...

Past Tense Independent Clauses

Target Language: I / walk / shops I walked to the shops. I / play / tennis I played tennis. She / run / park She ran in the park. He / drive / to work. He drove to work. I / speak / neighbour. I spoke...

Past/present/future text

Target Language: Australia is an island. I went to school yesterday. I always go to the football on the weekend I want to have a party for my birthday. Jamie and I went to the movies last Friday ...

Simple Past 3

Target Language: swept stung rang meant gave fed dug built began had lent lost

Simple past tense 2

Target Language: ate fell fed shrank spent stuck told wore read shone ran made

Simple Past activity

Target Language: quit read said saw sold drank caught blew beat froze left lay

Simple Past test

Target Language: dug bought forgave went hid laid knew lost met saw slid sat

Simple Past tense - test

Target Language: swan understood woke meant bent broke cut drew felt gave kept lent

Past tense

Target Language: drank bent ate fed hung hid meant rode shone shrank stood tore

Past tense activity

Target Language: shut hit stuck swept threw bet built did drew rose shook won

Simple Past tense exercise

Target Language: sold ran shone shrank swept took wound lent hurt ate cut began

Simple past - passado simples

Target Language: sat slept stung caught froze heard hurt beat bit fought meant shrank

exercise simple past

Target Language: broke chose drove hung heard knew spoke swam tore understood wound wrote

Picture scramble Simple Past

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Target Language: The man ran for the bus. The cat chased the dog. The little boy ate an icecream. There was a traffic jam. The woman talked on her phone. A house was for sale. A woman waited at the ...

Talking of the Past

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Target Language: 1. It's only 4 o'clock but I've already eaten dinner. 2. James went to the pub an hour ago. 3. Julie's been to Venice! 4. Yesterday Tom ate a steak for breakfast. Strange! 5. I saw ...

Past Participle

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Target Language: sing sung catch caught choose chosen do done drive driven find found give given hide hidden know known leave left make made meet met