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In this activity, students will sort a series of sentence cards into three categories: past tense, present tense, and future tense. They will read the card, determine its tense, and place it under one of three tense headings. Once this is completed, students will then record the sentences on the recording sheet under the correct heading.

Through this verb tense activity, students will practice identifying, sorting, and writing sentences in past tense, present tense, and future tense. This sorting activity is designed with the primary level student in mind, so the sentences are written at a reading level appropriate for first and second grade.

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After finishing the sort and checking the answers, challenge students to conjugate each of the sentences into their alternate tenses, either as a class or in small groups. 

A Variety of Ways to Prepare This Resource

Print one copy of the sorting cards and cut them apart. Place the activity in a literacy center or writing station! Provide students with copies of the recording sheet and set them to work!

Additionally, you could project the cards onto a screen and work through them as a class by having students write the sentences in their notebooks or on recording sheets.

This resource was created by Kiri, a teacher in Illinois Teach Starter Collaborator.

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