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Features

  • Circle the verb in the wrong tense
  • Write the verb in the right tense
  • Same tense: yes or no?
  • Time words that set the tense
  • Answer keys included

Skills Covered

  • Keep verbs in one tense
  • Use time words to choose the tense
  • Find a shift in tense
  • Fix a verb in the wrong tense

How to Use This Pack

Five worksheets that take turns through the activities. Pages 1 and 4: students circle the verb in the wrong tense. Pages 2 and 5: students find the verb in the wrong tense and write it in the right one. Page 3: students decide whether the verbs stay in the same tense. Every answer is worked out from the sentences themselves, and the answer keys mark each one.

In the Classroom

Have students proofread a short paragraph from their own writing for tense, underlining every verb first.

At Home

Tell a story about your day and stop when you hear a verb jump to the wrong time.

Tips for Success

  • Yesterday: all past
  • Every day: all present
  • Tomorrow: all future
  • Check the answer key

Shifts in Verb Tense

5th Grade

Verbs that change tense when they should not, as in "Yesterday the frog hopped and swims." Students find the verb in the wrong tense, fix it, and decide whether the tense stays the same.

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  • 5 answer key pages
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