Name ____________________________________________

Date _____________________________________________ Past-tense Verbs

Yesterday’s Crossword
T urn today into yesterday in this crossword puzzle of verbs! Each puzzle
clue gives an action that is happening now (a present-tense verb). Each
puzzle answer is the same action as it happened yesterday (a past-tense verb).

1. 2. 3. 4.

5. 6. 7.

8.

9.

10.

11.
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XIRREGULAR VERBSX
1. buy 1. build
Many irregular verbs don’t follow
3. bark 2. hear
the usual rule of adding –ed to form
5. say 3. break
the past-tense of a verb.
6. draw 4. ride
• EXAMPLES •
9. drive 7. watch
The past-tense of the regular verb
10. take 8. cook happen is happened.
11. understand The past-tense of the irregular verb
catch is caught.

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 ANSWERS
Name ____________________________________________

Date _____________________________________________

puzzle answer is the same action as it happened yesterday (a past-tense verb).

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1. 2. 3. 4.
b o u g h t b a r k e d

u e r o
5. 6. 7.
s a i d a o d r e w
8.
l r c k e a
9.
d
t d r o v e t

o c
10.
t o o k h

e e
11.
u n d e r s t o o d

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Across Down
Down
1.1.bought 1.1.built 8
buy build
3. barked 2. heard
3. bark 2. hear
5. said 3. broke
6.5.drew
say
4.3.rode
break

9.6.drove
draw 7.4.watched
ride
10. took
9. drive 8.7.cooked
watch
11. understood
10. take 8. cook
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