3rd Grade · Grammar & Vocabulary
Verb Tenses in a Story
Free printable 3rd Grade grammar & vocabulary worksheet: Verb Tenses in a Story. It practices verb tense (Common Core L.3.1e). For ages 8-9. Download the PDF, print it, or fill it in online.
Fill in or color online- Grade
- 3rd Grade
- Subject
- Grammar & Vocabulary
- Skill
- Verb tense
- Ages
- 8–9
- Standard
- L.3.1e
- Format
- A4 PDF · print or fill in online
About this worksheet
“Verb Tenses in a Story” is sheet 25 of 32 in our free 3rd Grade Grammar & Vocabulary Worksheets collection, written for children aged 8–9. It focuses on verb tense.
In the set it comes after “Collective Nouns” and before “Quotation Marks in Dialogue”. Working through them in that order, one sheet a day, builds the skill a step at a time.
What this worksheet practices
L.3.1e · Common Core English Language Arts · Grade 3
Language · Conventions of standard English
Children work on grammar and usage — nouns, verbs, adjectives, sentences and how they fit together.
How to use this worksheet
- 1
Read each sentence aloud before choosing. Ears catch “the children runs” faster than eyes do.
- 2
Use your child’s own writing for a follow-up: finding one compound sentence or one possessive in their journal makes the rule stick.
- 3
On the synonym sheet, act out the “weakest to strongest” words — whisper, talk, shout — to feel the difference in meaning.
