Simple

Present
arise
awake
beat
become
begin
bite
bleed
blow
break
bring
build
burn
burst
buy
catch
come
cost
do
draw
dream
drink
drive
eat
fall
feel
find
fit
fly
forget
forgive
freeze
get
give
go
grow
hold
hurt

Simple Past

Past Participle

arose
awoke
beat
became
began
bit
bled
blew
broke
brought
built
burned or
burnt
burst
bought
caught
came
cost
did
drew
dreamed or
dreamt
drank
drove
ate
fell
felt
found
fit, fitted
flew
forgot
forgave
froze
got
gave
went
grew

arisen
awoken
beaten or beat
become
begun
bitten
bled
blown
broken
brought
built
burned or burnt
burst
bought
caught
come
cost
done
drawn
dreamed or
dreamt
drunk
driven
eaten
fallen
felt
found
fit, fitted
flown,
forgotten
forgiven
frozen
gotten or got
given
gone
grown
held

keep
know
leave
lose
make
mean
meet
pay
prove
put
quit
read
ring
rise
run
say
see
send
set
shoot
show
shut
sing
sink
sit
sleep
speak
stand
steal
swear
swim
take
teach
understand
upset
wake
wear
write

held
hurt
kept
knew
left
lost
made
meant
met
paid
proved
put
quit
read
rang
rose
ran
said
saw
sent
set
shot
showed
shut
sang
sank
sat
slept
spoke
stood
stole
swore
swam
took
taught
understood
upset
woke or
waked

hurt
kept
known
left
lost
made
meant
met
paid
proved or
proven
put
quit
read
rung
risen
run
said
seen
sent
set
shot
shown or
showed
shut
sung
sunk
sat
slept
spoken
stood
stolen
sworn
swum
taken
taught
understood
upset
woken or waked

wore
wrote

worn
written

EXERCISE PRESENT TENSE

Underline the verb in the story and changed them present tense.

1.

One autumn evening, Charles and Beth went to the theater. They attended a

play. The play started at 7:00. Charles and Beth enjoyed the theater. After the play,
Charles and Beth walked together in the park. They walked beside the lake. The
moon was bright. They talked about their future. When Charles and Beth went home,
their children were not asleep. They waited for Charles and Beth to return. They were
excited to hear about the theater! Charles told the children about the play. Then,
Beth put the children to bed. Charles and Beth were very tired. It was a good night!

2.

Last week, Beth baked a cake for Lilly's birthday party. Lilly wanted a

strawberry cake with pink frosting. Beth was happy to bake the cake. First, Beth
mixed the ingredients in a big bowl. Next, she poured the cake batter into four round
baking pans. She put the pans in the oven. Finally, she baked the cakes for 20
minutes. Then, Beth prepared the pink frosting. After the cakes cooled, Beth stacked
them and covered them with frosting. Beth wrote Lilly's name on top with white
frosting. She put seven candles in the cake. On Sunday, Beth surprised Lilly with the
strawberry cake. Lilly loved her cake! Lilly had many gifts for her birthday. But Lilly
said her cake was the best gift of them all!

EXERCISE PAST TENSE

Underline the verb in the story and changed them past tense.

1.

This morning my alarm clock rings at 7 oclock and every weekday

morning I try to ignore it. I do not like mornings! I hide my head under the
covers and I pretend that it isnt really morning. I groan. I complain. I say nasty
things about mornings. Some mornings I fall back to sleep for a few minutes!
After a short time I realize that I have to get up. I sigh. I struggle out of bed
and I start my day.

2.

Robert Hughes lives in Atlanta, Georgia. He lives with his wife, Patricia. They

live with their two children, Sam and Lana. Robert loves his family. Robert works as a
police officer in Atlanta. He likes his job. He is a good police officer. Robert is a police
officer because he likes to help people. Robert protects the citizens of Atlanta. He
solves crimes and catches criminals. He keeps the citizens safe. Sometimes he visits
the schools. He talks to students. The students like Robert. Officer Robert Hughes is a
hero in Atlanta.