Past and present tense

Change verbs from present to past tense, including common irregular verbs.

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What is the past tense of 'walk'? A) walks B) walked C) walking D) walken
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What is the past tense of 'jump'? Add -ed to make the past tense form. The past tense of 'jump' is ___.
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What is the past tense of 'run'? A) runned B) ranned C) ran D) running
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Past tense of 'walk'? A) walks B) walking C) walked D) walken
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Fill in the past tense: Yesterday I ___ to the park. (walk) Yesterday I ___ to the park.
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What is the past tense of 'go'? A) goed B) going C) went D) gone
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Match each present tense verb to its past tense. Match each item on the left to one on the right. Left: play, see, eat, sit Right: played, saw, ate, sat
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Which sentence is in the past tense? A) Sarah plays in the garden. B) Sarah played in the garden. C) Sarah is playing in the garden. D) Sarah will play in the garden.
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Match each irregular verb to its past tense. Match each item on the left to one on the right. Left: come, give, take, find Right: came, gave, took, found
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Past tense of 'come'? A) comed B) camed C) came D) comes
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Answer key

Past and present tense · for parents and teachers

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walked
The past tense of 'walk' is 'walked'.
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jumped
The past tense of 'jump' is 'jumped' (jump + ed).
3
ran
The past tense of 'run' is 'ran'. It is an irregular verb.
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walked
walk + ed = walked.
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walked
'Walked' is the past tense of 'walk'.
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went
The past tense of 'go' is 'went'. It is an irregular verb.
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play → played; see → saw; eat → ate; sit → sat
'Play' adds -ed. 'See', 'eat' and 'sit' are irregular.
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Sarah played in the garden.
'Sarah played in the garden' is in the past tense.
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come → came; give → gave; take → took; find → found
These are all common irregular verbs that change form in the past tense.
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came
Past tense of 'come' is 'came'.