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Past Tense Verbs Worksheet
Write the past tense of the verb given under each sentence, regular and irregular.
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Past Tense Verbs
9 questions, one page, US Letter. Print it and do it on paper.
On the sheet: Write the past tense of the verb. The past tense tells what already happened.
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About this worksheet
The past tense tells what already happened. Most verbs add -ed (walk, walked), but many of the most common ones change in their own way: take becomes took, draw becomes drew, swim becomes swam.
Third graders still mix the two up, so this sheet puts regular and irregular verbs side by side, each in a sentence that signals the past ("Yesterday", "Last night").
A worked example
This morning, Ava ___ breakfast. (past tense of make)
- "This morning" tells us it already happened.
- Make is irregular: it doesn't take -ed.
- The past tense of make is made.
Answer: This morning, Ava made breakfast.
The common mistake
What it looks like: Adding -ed to an irregular verb: taked, drawed, swimmed.
Why it happens: The -ed rule works so often that children apply it everywhere. It's a sign they've learned the rule, not a careless slip.
How to fix it: Say the sentence out loud. Most children already hear that "I taked" sounds wrong, even before they can spell "took".
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