Things that are happening now are written in the present tense.

Things that have already happened are written in the past tense. The clues for verbs written in the past tense are -ed endings.

Match up the words on cards, one verb is written in the present tense, one in the past tense. Write the words in a list under these two titles:

Present    Past

These sentences are all written in the present tense. You must copy the sentence then write each sentence again in the PAST TENSE. The first one has been done for you:

Joe is washing his bike.

Yesterday Joe washed his bike.

1. Joe is kicking a can.
2. Joe is climbing a ladder.
3. Joe is watching a video.
4. Joe is reading a comic.
5. Joe is painting the shed.

Copy these sentences into your books. You must only write in the word in the bracket that is in the PAST TENSE.

1. Tim and Colin (watch, watching, watched) a good film last week.
2. Mr Joule (jump, jumped, jumping) when Zoë crept up behind him.
3. The children (clapped, claps, clap) after the team scored.
4. Yesterday I (sung, singed, sang) in a concert.
5. When the dog got out of the river she (shook, shaked, shaking) all over her owner.
6. On Friday I (feeled, felt, feeling) very poorly.
7. I got really (excite, exciting, excited) before I went to the cinema.
8. Last year I (goes, gone, went) to Greece on holiday.