Let's solve this worksheet step by step. The task is to
change each sentence into the past tense, and adjust time expressions like "tomorrow" or "every day" to appropriate past time words such as "yesterday," "last week," or "last month."
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✔ Original Sentence → Past Tense Conversion
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1. Tomorrow, I'm going to play soccer with Teddy and George.
- Change "Tomorrow" → "Yesterday"
- "I'm going to play" → "I played" (past simple)
- Result:
Yesterday, I played soccer with Teddy and George.
> 🔍 Explanation: Future plans ("going to") become past actions using simple past.
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2. Every day, I walk to school and in the afternoon my dad picks me up.
- "Every day" → "Last week" or "Yesterday" (we'll use "Yesterday" for consistency)
- "walk" → "walked"
- "picks" → "picked"
- Result:
Yesterday, I walked to school and in the afternoon my dad picked me up.
> 🔍 Explanation: Habitual present becomes a specific past event.
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3. I run in the mornings and play soccer in the evenings.
- "run" → "ran"
- "play" → "played"
- "in the mornings/evenings" → change to "last week" or "yesterday" (use "last week" for general past habit)
- Result:
Last week, I ran in the mornings and played soccer in the evenings.
> 🔍 Explanation: Present habits become past habits using past simple.
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4. Tomorrow is going to be a big day. It's my first day at high school!
- "Tomorrow" → "Yesterday"
- "is going to be" → "was"
- "It's" → "It was"
- Result:
Yesterday was a big day. It was my first day at high school!
> 🔍 Explanation: Future prediction becomes a completed event.
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5. Next week I'm going on vacation to Canada with my whole family.
- "Next week" → "Last week"
- "I'm going" → "I went"
- Result:
Last week I went on vacation to Canada with my whole family.
> 🔍 Explanation: Future plan becomes a past action.
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6. This month is my birthday. I am getting a new car from my dad!
- "This month" → "Last month"
- "is" → "was"
- "am getting" → "got" (simple past for completed action)
- Result:
Last month was my birthday. I got a new car from my dad!
> 🔍 Explanation: Current events become past events; "getting" (future) becomes "got" (completed).
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7. On Monday I am going to stay at John's house for 3 nights.
- "On Monday" → "Last Monday"
- "am going to stay" → "stayed"
- Result:
Last Monday I stayed at John's house for 3 nights.
> 🔍 Explanation: Future intention becomes a past fact.
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8. I can tell he doesn't like to play tennis.
- This is a
present observation.
- "can tell" → "could tell" (past ability)
- "doesn't like" → "didn't like"
- But note: the verb "like" is about preference, which may not change easily — but since we're converting to past tense, we assume it was true in the past.
- Result:
I could tell he didn't like to play tennis.
> 🔍 Explanation: Modal "can" becomes "could", and "doesn't" becomes "didn't".
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✔ Final Answers:
1. Yesterday, I played soccer with Teddy and George.
2. Yesterday, I walked to school and in the afternoon my dad picked me up.
3. Last week, I ran in the mornings and played soccer in the evenings.
4. Yesterday was a big day. It was my first day at high school!
5. Last week I went on vacation to Canada with my whole family.
6. Last month was my birthday. I got a new car from my dad!
7. Last Monday I stayed at John's house for 3 nights.
8. I could tell he didn't like to play tennis.
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✔ These sentences now correctly reflect the
past tense, with time expressions adjusted appropriately.
Parent Tip: Review the logic above to help your child master the concept of past tense worksheet for grade 1.
