Past, Present, and

Future Tense
Word Sort and Worksheet

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eat smiled type
ate falls will type
will eat fell look
walk will fall looked
walked cry will look
will walk will cry find
talk cried found
talked grow will find
will talk grew search
jump will grow searched
jumped pull will search
will jump pulled PAST
smile will pull
PRESENT
will smile typed
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FUTURE
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Change the Verb Tense

Verb tenses tell WHEN something happened.
Basic Verb Tenses:

Past Present Future

walked walk, walks will walk
ate eat, eats will eat

You try: Rewrite the story below. Change the verbs to past tense.

Sara is excited. She is going to the park with her friends. She
walks and talks the whole way. At the park, she jumps and slides
and plays.

Sara was excited.

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Now, rewrite the story by changing the verbs to future tense.

Sara is excited. She is going to the park with her friends. She
walks and talks the whole way. At the park, she jumps and slides
and plays.

Sara will be excited.

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Name: _____________________

Change the Verb Tense

Change these sentences from PRESENT to simple PAST tense.

Carlos likes apples.

Carlos liked apples.

Muna wants a dog.

Jocelyn needs a pencil.

Jin plays the guitar.

Samuel opens his book.

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