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Mastering Past Tense Verbs (Grade 7)

A worksheet designed to help 7th-grade students practice and master the use of past tense verbs in various contexts.

Grade 7 ELA GrammarGrammar and MechanicsParts of SpeechVerbsVerb TensesPast Tense Verbs
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Fill in the BlanksMultiple ChoiceShort AnswerTrue / FalseLong Answer

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.7.1.ACCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.7.1.C

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ELAGrammarVerbsPast TenseGrade 7
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Mastering Past Tense Verbs

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Read each instruction carefully and complete the tasks using your knowledge of past tense verbs. Pay close attention to regular and irregular verbs.

Complete the sentences by changing the verb in parentheses to its regular past tense form.

1. Yesterday, I   (walk) to the park with my dog.

2. The students   (study) for their history test all night.

3. She   (finish) her homework before dinner.

4. We   (play) soccer in the rain last weekend.

5. The chef   (prepare) a delicious meal for the guests.

Choose the correct irregular past tense verb to complete each sentence.

1. My brother   (eat) all the cookies.

a

eated

b

ate

c

eat

d

eaten

2. She   (go) to the store an hour ago.

a

goed

b

went

c

gone

d

going

Read the following paragraph and list all the past tense verbs you can find.

Yesterday, a small bird landed on my window sill. It chirped a cheerful tune, then flew away into the bright blue sky. I watched it disappear until it was just a tiny speck. Later, I read a book about different types of birds.

Indicate whether the following statements about past tense verbs are true or false.

1. Regular past tense verbs always end in -ed.

T

True

F

False

2. 'Ran' is the past tense form of 'run'.

T

True

F

False

Write a short paragraph (5-7 sentences) describing what you did last weekend. Make sure to use at least five different past tense verbs in your writing.