Standard 5 · SEA English Language Arts

Verb Tense and Verb Forms

Choose the right form of the verb for the time of the action, and keep it steady. Each exercise marks itself as your child goes, explains the answer, and awards stars.

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Simple past with time wordsIrregular verbs in the pastPast and past participle formsPresent and past continuousPresent perfect with already, since and forSpotting a tense slip in a sentenceKeeping one tense through a storyShowing which action happened firstMatching verb forms in a listTalking about the future

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When did it happen?

Match the past form

Irregular verbs at work

Mixed tense check

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