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Time Capsule Verb Tenses

Practice past, present, and future verb tenses, event order, and if-sentences while a class makes a time capsule.

Grade 5ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toL.5.1.c

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1 Common Core standard
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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 5
Subject: ELA
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

Students choose past, present, and future verb tenses that match time clues.
Students keep verb tenses matching when events happen in order.
Students use verbs correctly in if-sentences about real and imagined situations.

How to use

Review time clue words such as yesterday, right now, and next year, then let students work alone. Go over the if-sentence questions together afterward.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

L.5.1.c

Use verb tense to show various times, sequences, states, and conditions.

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Time Capsule Verb Tenses

Show past, present, and future time with the right verb.

Past, present, or future?

Verb tense shows when an action happens. Think about the time clue in each sentence.

Our class is making a time capsule. We will bury it and open it many years from now.

Sort each sentence by when the action happens.

In ten years, we will open the box.Last week, our class collected small treasures.The shovel leans against the old oak tree.Next spring, the first graders will plant flowers on top.Right now, Jada is digging a deep hole.Omar wrote a letter to his future self.