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Features

  • Which happened first? The past perfect tells
  • Circle the verb for the time words, in all nine tenses
  • If this happens, then that will happen
  • Animal sentences built and checked from a word bank
  • Answer keys included

Skills Covered

  • Use tense to show order
  • Use time words as clues
  • Use tense for conditions
  • Choose among the simple, progressive, and perfect tenses

How to Use This Pack

Five worksheets that take turns through the activities. Pages 1 and 4: students circle which of two actions happened first. Pages 2 and 5: students circle the verb that fits the time words, from all nine tenses. Page 3: students circle the verb that fits an if-then sentence. Every answer is worked out from the sentences themselves, and the answer keys mark each one.

In the Classroom

Act out two actions in order and write the sentence with the past perfect: "After Sam had sat down, he opened his book."

At Home

Plan a weekend with if-then sentences: If it is sunny, we will go to the park.

Tips for Success

  • Had + past participle happened first
  • If it rains, we will stay inside
  • Time words point to the tense
  • Check the answer key

Verb Tenses for Time and Order

5th Grade

Verb tenses that show when things happen and in what order, and what will happen if something else does. Students find which action happened first, choose the verb for the time words, and finish if-then sentences.

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  • 5 worksheets
  • 5 answer key pages
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