Present and Past Tense Verbs

​🕒 “Time Travelers: Learning Present and Past Tense Verbs!”

Let’s explore how verbs change when we talk about now and then!

A verb is a word that shows action — something you can do!

Examples:
run, jump, play, talk, eat

💡 Tip: Verbs tell what’s happening in a sentence.

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What Is a Verb?

Present tense verbs tell about something that is happening now.
We often add -s or -es for he, she, or it.

Examples:

• I walk to school.

• She plays soccer.

• He runs fast.

💡 Think: What is happening right now?

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​Present Tense Verbs

Past tense verbs tell about something that already happened.
We usually add -ed, but some verbs change in special ways!

Examples:

• I walked to school.

• She played soccer.

• He ran fast. (not runned!)

💡 Think: What happened yesterday or before?

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Past Tense Verbs

Present vs. Past

Present (Now)	Past (Before)
walk	walked
jump	jumped
run	ran
eat	ate
play	played

💡 Which one tells about now? Which one tells about before?

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Multiple Choice

Read the sentence. Is it present tense or past tense?

She bakes cookies every Saturday.

• Present Tense

• Past Tense

Multiple Choice

Read the sentence. Is it present tense or past tense?

We watched a movie last night.

• Present Tense

• Past Tense

Multiple Choice

Read the sentence. Is it present tense or past tense?

He rides his bike to school.

• Present Tense

• Past Tense

Multiple Choice

Read the sentence. Is it present tense or past tense?

They played at the park yesterday.

• Present Tense

• Past Tense

Multiple Choice

Read the sentence. Is it present tense or past tense?

I love my new backpack.

• Present Tense

• Past Tense

Irregular Verbs

Some verbs don’t follow the “add -ed” rule!

Present	Past
go	went
have	had
do	did
see	saw
make	made

💡 Tip: You just have to remember these tricky ones!

Match

Match the Present Tense Verb with Its Past Tense Form!

• Jump

• Eat

• Go

• Play

• See

Jumped

Ate

Went

Played

Saw

• Jumped

• Ate

• Went

• Played

• Saw

Multiple Choice

Complete this sentence to make it present tense.

I ____ to school every day.

• walked

• walk

• ran

• skipped

Multiple Choice

Complete this sentence to make it past tense.

Yesterday, I ____ to school.

• run

• walk

• walked

• drive

Multiple Choice

Complete this sentence to make it present tense.

We ____ soccer on Saturdays.

• play

• run

• eat

• played

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct verb to complete the sentence.

She (plays / played) the piano every morning.

• plays

• played

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct verb to complete the sentence.

They (jump / jumped) in the puddles yesterday.

• jump

• jumped

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct verb to complete the sentence.

I (eat / ate) my breakfast right now.

• eat

• ate

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct verb to complete the sentence.

We (go / went) to the zoo last weekend.

• go

• went

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct verb to complete the sentence.

He (runs / ran) in the race last year.

• runs

• ran

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct verb to complete the sentence.

I (make / made) my bed this morning.

• make

• made

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct verb to complete the sentence.

The cat (chases / chased) the toy right now.

• chases

• chased

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct verb to complete the sentence.

We (see / saw) a rainbow after the storm.

• see

• saw

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct verb to complete the sentence.

He (reads / read) his book before bed every night.

• reads

• read

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct verb to complete the sentence.

They (talk / talked) to Grandma on the phone yesterday.

• talk

• talked