Don't make things tense in your classroom when learning the difference between present and past tense verbs. These exercises allow your students to practice matching subjects and verbs independently.

This exercise will teach students how to use common suffixes to change a verb’s tense.

Using descriptive verbs will add more color to any comment, and this exercise shows students how to incorporate them.

Students with a strong foundation in the present tense of verbs will be able to better understand other tenses.

Challenge your fifth graders with these exercises that contain incorrect verbs that need to be corrected. Hints give your students the help they need to learn while retaining the lesson.

Show students how to describe an action in the recent past with this exercise on past tense verbs.

Students will be able to clarify a statement with the ability to use past tense verbs.

Show students how verbs can be used to add more character to a statement using descriptive verbs.

Give students a helping hand with this exercise that explains and gives examples of helping verbs.

Help students stay focused on their future with this simple exercise that will give them mastery over the future tense.

With the ability to use verbs in the future tense, students will better be able to describe their ambitions.

Give your students an overall understanding of the many other verbs that exist with this exercise.

Ensure that students understand how the present tense of verbs functions before sending them on to learn other tenses.