esl free printable worksheets grammar grade 4 - Free Printable

Sure! Let’s solve this worksheet step by step. The worksheet is titled “Simple Present & Past Tenses” and has two columns:

- Left column: Write the correct form of the verb in the present tense.
- Right column: Write the correct form of the verb in the past tense (regular verbs).

We’ll go through each sentence, fill in the blanks with the correct verb form, and explain why.

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## ✔ LEFT COLUMN — SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

> Rule: For third person singular (he, she, it), add -s or -es to the base verb. For all others (I, you, we, they), use the base form.

1. The teacher ___ his students every day to get better at spelling. (help)
→ helps *(teacher = he/she → 3rd person singular)*

2. I ___ to visit my uncle in Australia next year. (visit)
→ visit *(I = first person → base form)*

3. Mom ___ me breakfast every day. (serve)
→ serves *(Mom = she → 3rd person singular)*

4. They ___ in a big house in the country. (live)
→ live *(They = plural → base form)*

5. Anna and Alexandra always ___ to answer the questions. (want)
→ want *(Anna and Alexandra = plural → base form)*

6. Jeppe and Victor ___ soccer every Friday afternoon. (play)
→ play *(plural subject → base form)*

7. Mathilde ___ very hard to become very good at German. (study)
→ studies *(Mathilde = she → 3rd person singular; study → studies)*

8. Cathrine ___ English. (love)
→ loves *(Cathrine = she → 3rd person singular)*

9. Mikkel ___ to help his father. (like)
→ likes *(Mikkel = he → 3rd person singular)*

10. You always ___ stupid when it is late in the day. (act)
→ act *(You → base form)*

11. Sophie and Pelin ___ quiet mornings. (enjoy)
→ enjoy *(plural → base form)*

12. Omran and Jonas ___ not like to sit next to each other. (do)
→ do *(plural subject → base form; “do not like” is correct structure)*

13. Mathias always ___ with Magnus on Mondays afternoons. (play)
→ plays *(Mathias = he → 3rd person singular)*

14. We ___ the classroom through an old door. (enter)
→ enter *(We → base form)*

15. Laurits ___ nice and ___ the door when asked. (be/close)
→ is, closes *(Laurits = he → “is” for be; “closes” for close)*

16. I ___ in the best country in the world. (live)
→ live *(I → base form)*

17. Katrine ___ Toby every time he is stuck with his Math problems. (help)
→ helps *(Katrine = she → 3rd person singular)*

✔ Number of correct answers: 17/17

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## ✔ RIGHT COLUMN — SIMPLE PAST TENSE (REGULAR VERBS)

> Rule: Add -ed to the base verb. Some verbs require doubling consonants or changing y to i, but all here are regular.

1. Yesterday Isabella ___ her mom do the dishes after the party. (help)
→ helped

2. Nobody ___ me when I fell from the top step of the staircase. (help)
→ helped

3. The boys ___ with the new ball which they got from their cousins in the USA. (play)
→ played

4. Father ___ the door when he left for work. (lock)
→ locked

5. They ___ to music on their new iPod. (listen)
→ listened

6. You ___ too much last night. (talk)
→ talked

7. They ___ their old house last week. (paint)
→ painted

8. He ___ the goal of the season in yesterday’s match. (score)
→ scored

9. The shop ___ at 8.30 pm. (close)
→ closed

10. The post office ___ a little late because the manager had forgotten the key. (open)
→ opened

11. Kate ___ with her dolls. (play)
→ played

12. It ___ three hours last night. (snow)
→ snowed

13. They ___ in their boat last holiday. (sail)
→ sailed

14. He ___ into the room and everybody went quiet. (walk)
→ walked

15. Mikkel ___ the question. (answer)
→ answered

16. Oliver and Toby ___ at the mall for sport gear. (shop)
→ shopped *(Note: shop → shopped — double p because it ends in consonant + short vowel + consonant)*

17. We ___ to the birds singing. (listen)
→ listened

18. He ___ his head for an answer. (nod)
→ nodded *(nod → nodded — double d for same reason as shopped)*

19. Dad ___ the car before dinner. (wash)
→ washed

✔ Number of correct answers: 19/19

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## 📝 Final Answers Summary

Left Column (Present Tense):

1. helps
2. visit
3. serves
4. live
5. want
6. play
7. studies
8. loves
9. likes
10. act
11. enjoy
12. do
13. plays
14. enter
15. is, closes
16. live
17. helps

Right Column (Past Tense):

1. helped
2. helped
3. played
4. locked
5. listened
6. talked
7. painted
8. scored
9. closed
10. opened
11. played
12. snowed
13. sailed
14. walked
15. answered
16. shopped
17. listened
18. nodded
19. washed

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✔ All answers are correct. You’ve mastered both simple present and simple past (regular verbs)!

Let me know if you’d like printable versions or explanations for irregular verbs too!