How to Teach Kids Past, Present and Future Verb Tenses Teaching Templates

Bobby mowed the lawn. Bobby mows the lawn. Bobby will mow the lawn.
I squeezed a lot of mustard
on my hot dog.
I squeeze a lot of mustard
on my hot dog.
I will squeeze a lot of
mustard on my hot dog.

Add -ed.
1
Four rules to make verbs past tense (the action already happened)
3
When the verb ends in e drop
the e before adding -ed
I squeezed a lot of mustard
on my hot dog.
2
When the verb ends in a short vowel and a
consonant, double the final consonant and
add -ed
4 When the verb ends in a consonant
+ y change the y to i and add –ed.
Mom fried an egg
for her daughter.
Bobby mowed the lawn. Tina shopped for groceries.
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Verb:
mow
Verb:
squeeze
Verb:
shop
Verb:
fry

He visit___ the farm.
1
He paint the door.

He visit___ the farm.
1
He paint the door.
ed
ed
ed

2
The dog ________ the ball.
place
The kids ________ their lunches in the tub.
chase
He ________ a goal.
score
She ________ the race.
time
She ________ around the ring.
skate
I squeezed a lot of mustard on my hot dog.
squeeze

Pronoun: I (doing the action)
Verb: squeeze (action)
Past Tense: squeezed (past tense)
squeeze + ed + squeezeed
wrong
squeeze
drop
e
+ ed + squeezed correct

2
The dog ________ the ball.
place
The kids ________ their lunches in the tub.
chase
He ________ a goal.
score
She ________ the race.
time
She ________ around the ring.
skate
I squeezed a lot of mustard on my hot dog.
squeeze
timed
scored
skated
placed
chased

When the verb ends in a short vowel
+ consonant, double the final
consonant and add -ed
shop
Bunny _______ home.
hop
short
vowel
consonant
She _______ at the sign.
shop
He _______ the groceries.
bag
She _______ the floor.
mop
They _______ the plant.
pot
3

When the verb ends in a short vowel
+ consonant, double the final
consonant and add -ed
shop
Bunny _______ home.
hop
short
vowel
consonant
She _______ at the sign.
shop
He _______ the groceries.
bag
She _______ the floor.
mop
They _______ the plant.
pot
potted mopped
hopped
shopped
bagged
3

When the verb ends in a consonant
4
He ________ before school.
He ________ on his brother.
spy He ________ to make a basket
try
study
i +ed
studied
She ________ the clothes.
dry
Mom ________ an egg..
He _____ loudly.
cry
fry

When the verb ends in a consonant
4
He ________ before school.
He ________ on his brother.
spy He ________ to make a basket
try
study
i +ed
studied
She ________ the clothes.
dry
Mom ________ an egg..
He _____ loudly.
cry
fry
study
dried
studied
fried
spied
tried
cried

down
across
score
shop
dry
spy
stop
place
time
Fill in the paste tense of each verb
1. 3.
4.
2.
5.
6.
7.
1.
2.
3.
4.
1.
mow 5.
6.
7.

Store
Past Tense Verbs Resource Chart

catch caught
take took
ride rode
find found
Irregular Verbs – Past Tense
the word changes
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He _______the baseball.
She _______the picture.
The mouse found the
cheese.
Emma rode her horse.
caught
took

Three rules to make verbs present tense (the action is happening now)
.

Add –s to most verbs when a singular
noun is doing the actions
Tommy paints a picture.
singular
noun
The cat ______ with the yarn.
play
paint
He ______ down the hill.
slide
She ______ her smoothie.
drinks
She ______ a book.
read
He ______ math problems.
solve
solves
reads
plays slides
drink
1

Add –es to verbs when a singular noun is
doing the actions and the verb ends in
ss, ch, x, tch, sh and zz.
Tim fixes the fence
wash
She _______ her hands.
He _______ the game.
watch
fix
The bee _______ around the flower.
buzz
She_______ the cart.
push
He ______ the rings.
toss
2
.

2
.

Do not add -s or -es when
the noun is plural
wait
The cat and dog with the yarn.
play
plural
They wait for their parents.
The girls ______ books.
read
The campers _____ by the lake
stay
The clothes _____ to be folded.
need
3a

Do not add -s or -es when
the noun is plural
wait
The cat and dog with the yarn.
play
plural
They wait for their parents.
The girls ______ books.
read
The campers _____ by the lake
stay
The clothes _____ to be folded.
need
play
stay
need
read
3a

3b

love
like
get
take
water
3b

Have kids circle past or present for each sentence.
Tommy paints a picture.
past
present
The kids placed their
lunches in the tub.
past
present
Bunny hopped home.
past
present
She blended the oranges.
past
present
She washes her hands.
past
present
I take beautiful pictures.
present
past
The cat and dog play
with the yarn.
past
present
He tosses the rings,
past
present

Rules to make verbs future tense (the action is going to happen)
The linking verb, will, is usually used
before the verb.
I will squeeze a lot of mustard on my hot dog.
squeeze
I _____ fix the fence.
The kids _____ put their lunches in the tub.
He ______ paint.
Gina _____ jump rope.
I _____ ride the horse.

Rules to make verbs future tense (the action is going to happen)
The linking verb, will, is usually used
before the verb.
I will squeeze a lot of mustard on my hot dog.
squeeze
I _____ fix the fence.
The kids _____ put their lunches in the tub.
He ______ paint.
Gina _____ jump rope.
I _____ ride the horse.
will
will
will
will
will

Picture Noun Verb Past Present Future
blend blends will blend
The girl
She wash washed will wash
bunny hop hops will hop
student study studied will study
I water water will water
Have kids fill in the missing verb tense for each verb.

Picture Noun Verb Past Present Future
blend blends will blend
The girl
She wash washed will wash
bunny hop hops will hop
He study studied will study
I water water will water
Have kids fill in the missing verb tense for each verb.
blended
washes
hopped
studies
watered

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