Back in Time: Simple and Perfect Past Tense for Class 6

This worksheet helps Class 6 learners strengthen their control over past tense grammar, especially the distinction between the simple past and the past perfect. With matching tasks, fill-in-the-blanks, sentence rewriting, and editing drills, students develop fluency in expressing past actions clearly and correctly.

Why Past Tense Mastery Matters in Grammar? 

Learning both simple and perfect past forms helps students: 
1. Describe sequences of events and time-based actions accurately. 
2. Avoid common verb tense errors in speaking and writing. 
3. Understand how past perfect shows “an action before another past action.” 
4. Improve clarity and structure in storytelling and personal narratives. 

What’s Inside This Worksheet? 

This worksheet includes five engaging grammar activities: 

✏️ Exercise 1 – Underline the Correct Verb Form 
Students choose between simple past and past perfect forms in each sentence. 

🧠 Exercise 2 – Fill in the Blanks with the Correct Tense 
Learners apply correct verb forms using contextual cues and MCQs. 

🔗 Exercise 3 – Match the Columns 
Students join sentence halves to reflect logical time order using past perfect. 

📝 Exercise 4 – Timeline Fill-in with Past Tense 
Based on a time-sequenced event chart, learners fill blanks with the correct tense form. 

🔧 Exercise 5 – Error Correction: Tense Rewriting 
Students identify incorrect verb forms and rewrite each sentence correctly using the past simple or the past perfect. 

✅ Answer Key (For Parents & Educators)

Exercise 1 – Underline the Correct Verb 
1. had met 
2. had watched 
3. had finished 
4. had left 
5. had done 
6. had forgotten 
7. had completed 
8. had arrived 
9. had packed 
10. had cleaned 

Exercise 2 – MCQ Blanks 
1. was cooking 
2. had left 
3. had seen 
4. had studied 
5. had arrived 
6. had read 
7. had started 
8. had visited 

Exercise 3 – Match the Columns 
1. I joined the meeting – after the boss had already started speaking. 
2. They started the game – but the referee had already blown the whistle. 
3. They arrived at the party – but the guests had already left. 
4. He called me – but I had already fallen asleep. 
5. They left the school – but they had already packed their bags. 
6. We entered the hall – but the ceremony had already begun. 
7. She saw the movie – but the movie had already started. 
8. We reached the station – but the train had already left. 

Exercise 4 – Fill in the Timeline 
1. had finished 
2. arrived, played 
3. had, played 
4. enjoyed, had already completed 
5. were, had finished 
6. did not feel, had already done 
7. left 
8. said, went 

Exercise 5 – Error Correction 
1. He had gone to the market before it closed. 
2. She had written a letter before she left. 
3. They had finished their homework before dinner. 
4. She had already eaten lunch when we came. 
5. We had finished the work before the boss arrived. 
6. He had bought a new car before his old one broke. 
7. I had studied before the exam started. 

Help your child tell clear, confident stories from the past by mastering simple and perfect tense forms today! 

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