Past Tense Verbs Worksheet for students to practice using past tense verbs in sentences.

Let’s go through each sentence one by one. We need to change the verb in parentheses into its past tense form — that means the action already happened.

We’ll use regular past tense (add -ed) or irregular past tense (memorized forms) as needed.

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1. He ______________ on his bed. (jump)
→ “Jump” becomes “jumped” → He jumped on his bed.

2. She ______________ at the news conference. (speak)
→ “Speak” is irregular → past tense is “spoke” → She spoke at the news conference.

3. The man ______________ the newspaper. (read)
→ “Read” is tricky — spelled same, but pronounced “red” in past tense → The man read the newspaper.

4. The boy ______________ his speech in front of the class. (give)
→ “Give” → past tense is “gave” → The boy gave his speech in front of the class.

5. John, Matt and Larry ______________ to the park. (walk)
→ “Walk” → add -ed → “walked” → John, Matt and Larry walked to the park.

6. The firefighter and policeman ______________ to the students. (speak)
→ Again, “speak” → “spoke” → The firefighter and policeman spoke to the students.

7. John ______________ to his teacher about the homework. (talk)
→ “Talk” → “talked” → John talked to his teacher about the homework.

8. Larry ______________ basketball with his friends. (play)
→ “Play” → “played” → Larry played basketball with his friends.

9. The girls ______________ in the library together. (study)
→ “Study” → ends in y, so change y to i + ed → “studied” → The girls studied in the library together.

10. The horse ______________ towards the finish line. (gallop)
→ “Gallop” → “galloped” → The horse galloped towards the finish line.

11. The lion ______________ after the zebra. (run)
→ “Run” → irregular → past tense is “ran” → The lion ran after the zebra.

12. The programmer ______________ on his computer. (type)
→ “Type” → “typed” → The programmer typed on his computer.

13. The leaves ______________ to the ground. (fall)
→ “Fall” → irregular → past tense is “fell” → The leaves fell to the ground.

14. The boys ______________ the baseball to each other. (throw)
→ “Throw” → irregular → past tense is “threw” → The boys threw the baseball to each other.

15. Susan ______________ her report at home. (write)
→ “Write” → irregular → past tense is “wrote” → Susan wrote her report at home.

16. Derek ______________ his tutor for help. (ask)
→ “Ask” → “asked” → Derek asked his tutor for help.

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Final Answer:
1. jumped
2. spoke
3. read
4. gave
5. walked
6. spoke
7. talked
8. played
9. studied
10. galloped
11. ran
12. typed
13. fell
14. threw
15. wrote
16. asked