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Past Tense Practice Worksheet

Read each task carefully. Use the past tense to tell what happened. Remember: many regular verbs take -ed, but some verbs change their spelling completely.

Spot the past tense

Past tense verbs tell us that an action has already happened.

1.Yesterday, Idris ___ a sandcastle beside the sea.

build
built
building

2.Which sentence tells about something that has already happened?

Poppy collects shells.
Poppy collected shells.
Poppy will collect shells.

3.Write the past tense of these verbs: a) splash b) carry c) smile

4.Use the past tense of the verb in brackets. a) We (eat) sandwiches on the beach. b) A gull (fly) over our picnic. c) I (find) a striped shell.

Tell what happened

Read the two moments in this seaside story.

5.A child built a sandcastle. A dog knocked over a bucket. Describe these events in two sentences, using a past-tense verb in each sentence.

6.The past tense of “take” is “taked”.

TrueFalse

7.Draw a line to match each verb with its past-tense form.

go
make
see
have

went
had
saw
made

8.This sentence has a verb that does not agree with its past-time clue: “Last Saturday, Zainab walk along the pier.” Rewrite the sentence correctly.

9.Write two or three sentences about an imaginary seaside visit. Include at least three past-tense verbs. You could use: went, saw, found, played, ate.