Past perfect tenses

Grade 4 Verbs Worksheet

Past tense
Rewrite the sentences in the past perfect I played tennis.
tense.
Past perfect tense:
1. Jeff drove to the park. I had played tennis.
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2. The writer wrote a lot of novels.

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3. Jennifer loved to go to school.

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4. The teacher taught the students about Egypt.

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5. We went to the museum with our class.

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6. My parents thought we were going to win an award.

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7. The mayor voted to build a new library.

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8. Elvis and Katie talked about everything they loved to eat.

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Now try on your own:

1. Write a sentence using the past tense.

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2. Write the same sentence using the past perfect tense.

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Past perfect tenses
Grade 4 Verbs Worksheet

Answers
1. Jeff drove to the park.
Jeff had driven to the park.

2. The writer wrote a lot of novels.

The writer had written a lot of novels.

3. Jennifer loved to go to school.

Jennifer had loved to go to school.

4. The teacher taught the students about Egypt.

The teacher had taught the students about Egypt.

5. We went to the museum with our class.

We had gone to the museum with our class.

6. My parents thought we were going to win an award.

My parents had thought we were going to win an award.

7. The mayor voted to build a new library.

The mayor had voted to build a new library.

8. Elvis and Katie talked about everything they loved to eat.

Elvis and Katie had talked about everything they loved to eat.

Now try on your own:

1. Write a sentence using the past tense.

Answers will vary.

2. Write the same sentence using the past perfect tense.

Answers will vary.

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