Spin and practice English verb tenses in a meaningful and engaging way. Take advantage of bright cards in color or save ink and print black and white cards. Practice all English tenses, as well as time expressions and articles!
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Number of pages: 64
Common Core Standards addressed: L.3.1d, L.3.1e, L.4.1b, L.5.1b
Grade Levels: 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, Adult Education, Homeschool
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Find inside 72 cards with actions.
With the spinners, you can practice various verb tenses:
- Present, Past
- Present, Past, Future
- (all present) Present Simple, Present Continuous, Present Perfect, Present Perfect Continuous
- (all past) Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect, Past Perfect Continuous
- (all future) Future Simple, Future Continuous, Future Perfect, Future Perfect Continuous
- (first tenses that are taught version 1) Present Simple, Past Simple, Future Simple, Present Continuous
- (first tenses that are taught version 2) Present Simple, Past Simple, Future Simple, Present Continuous, Past Continuous, Present Perfect
- (simple vs continuous) Present Simple, Past Simple, Future Simple, Present Continuous, Past Continuous, Future Continuous
- (simple vs perfect) Present Simple, Past Simple, Future Simple, Present Perfect, Past Perfect, Future Perfect
- (continuous vs perfect) Present Continuous, Past Continuous, Future Continuous, Present Perfect, Past Perfect, Future Perfect
- (perfect vs perfect continuous) Present Perfect, Past Perfect, Future Perfect, Present Perfect Continuous, Past Perfect Continuous, Future Perfect Continuous
- (all present vs all past) Present Simple, Present Continuous, Present Perfect, Present Perfect Continuous, Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect, Past Perfect Continuous
- (all present vs all future) Present Simple, Present Continuous, Present Perfect, Present Perfect Continuous, Future Simple, Future Continuous, Future Perfect, Future Perfect Continuous
- (all past vs all future) Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect, Past Perfect Continuous, Future Simple, Future Continuous, Future Perfect, Future Perfect Continuous
As you can see, there are numerous variants available for different grades and levels. Just choose what's best for your students!
How to use English grammar tenses activities
- Print the cards with actions, cut and laminate them.
- Do the same with the spinners.
- Students can work in pairs, teams or alone.
- They should spin the spinner and make a sentence with an action and a pronoun on the action card (some cards have “My…” instead of the pronoun). The students should also remember to include all the necessary:
- articles (a, an, the);
- possessive pronouns (my, your, his, her, their, our, its);
- time expressions depending on the tense.
Not all cards have the necessary articles. I deliberately omitted them so that the students could insert the right article and practice.
Black and white option is available.
