Tense Transformation Challenge

Convert the present tense sentence to past tense: "She walks to school every day."

• She will walk to school every day.

• She walked to school every day.

• She is walking to school every day.

Answer explanation

The correct past tense form of the sentence "She walks to school every day" is "She walked to school every day." This changes the verb 'walks' to 'walked' to indicate the action occurred in the past.

Convert the past tense sentence to present tense: "They played soccer in the park."

• They play soccer in the park.

• They will play soccer in the park.

• They are playing soccer in the park.

Answer explanation

The correct present tense form of the sentence is "They play soccer in the park." This maintains the same meaning as the original past tense sentence, simply changing the verb to its present form.

Change the present tense sentence to future tense: "I eat breakfast at 7 AM."

• I ate breakfast at 7 AM.

• I will eat breakfast at 7 AM.

• I am eating breakfast at 7 AM.

Answer explanation

To change the sentence to future tense, we use 'will' to indicate an action that will happen later. Therefore, 'I eat breakfast at 7 AM' becomes 'I will eat breakfast at 7 AM.' This is the correct future tense form.

Convert the present tense sentence to past tense: "The sun shines brightly."

• The sun shone brightly.

• The sun will shine brightly.

• The sun is shining brightly.

Answer explanation

The correct past tense of 'shine' is 'shone'. Therefore, 'The sun shines brightly' becomes 'The sun shone brightly.' The other options are either future or present tense, making them incorrect.

Convert the past tense sentence to present tense: "We visited the museum last week."

• We visit the museum last week.

• We are visiting the museum last week.

• We visit the museum.

Answer explanation

The correct present tense form is "We visit the museum." The other options incorrectly use "last week," which refers to the past, or use the present continuous tense, which is not appropriate here.

Change the present tense sentence to future tense: "He reads a book every night."

• He read a book every night.

• He will read a book every night.

• He is reading a book every night.

Answer explanation

The correct future tense form of the sentence is 'He will read a book every night.' This indicates an action that will happen in the future, unlike the other options which are either past or present tense.

Convert the present tense sentence to past tense: "The children play in the garden."

• The children played in the garden.

• The children will play in the garden.

• The children are playing in the garden.

Answer explanation

The correct past tense of 'play' is 'played'. Therefore, the sentence 'The children play in the garden' changes to 'The children played in the garden.' The other options do not reflect the past tense.

Convert the past tense sentence to present tense: "She cooked dinner for her family."

• She cooks dinner for her family.

• She is cooking dinner for her family.

• She will cook dinner for her family.

Answer explanation

The correct present tense form of the sentence is 'She cooks dinner for her family.' This indicates a habitual action, while 'She is cooking' suggests an ongoing action and 'She will cook' indicates future intent.

Change the present tense sentence to future tense: "We travel to Toronto every summer."

• We travelled to Toronto every summer.

• We will travel to Toronto every summer.

• We are travelling to Toronto every summer.

Answer explanation

The correct future tense form of the sentence is 'We will travel to Toronto every summer.' This indicates a planned action in the future, while the other options either use past or present continuous tense.

Convert the present tense sentence to past tense: "He writes a letter to his friend."

• He wrote a letter to his friend.

• He will write a letter to his friend.

• He is writing a letter to his friend.

Answer explanation

The correct past tense form of the verb 'writes' is 'wrote'. Therefore, the sentence 'He writes a letter to his friend' changes to 'He wrote a letter to his friend.' This matches the first answer choice.