Worksheet
Modal Verbs
Students learn that modal verbs (can, could, may, might, must, shall, should, will, would) sit before a main verb and change its force:…
- Difficulty
- Level 2 · Standard
- Time
- 15 min
- Questions
- 17 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
Free 6th Grade Verbs & Tenses Worksheets
6 free verbs & tenses resources for 6th Grade: 6 worksheets. Answers included.
Action verbs, tenses and subject–verb agreement. 6th grade consolidates primary math: operations with fractions and decimals, percentages, integers, order of operations and probability.
Students will practice: identifying modal verbs; comparing the strength of modal verbs; choosing modals for certainty, obligation and permission; using modals to control tone in writing; identifying present, past and future perfect; writing past participles of irregular verbs; forming the perfect tenses; using the past perfect to order past events.
Recommended learning path
- 1Modal Verbs
- 2The Perfect Tenses: has eaten, had eaten, will have eaten
- 3Precise Verbs: Choosing the Best Word
- 46th Grade Verb Tenses: Past, Present and Future Worksheet — Level 1
- 56th Grade Verb Tenses: Past, Present and Future Worksheet — Level 2
- 66th Grade Verb Tenses: Past, Present and Future Worksheet — Level 3
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Worksheets
Printable practice with an answer sheet.
- Worksheet
The Perfect Tenses: has eaten, had eaten, will have eaten
Students learn that the perfect tenses use has, have, had or will have with a past participle to show that an action is complete by a…
- Difficulty
- Level 2 · Standard
- Time
- 25 min
- Questions
- 25 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Worksheet
Precise Verbs: Choosing the Best Word
Students learn that one precise verb often says more than a general verb with an adverb, such as trudged instead of walked slowly and…
- Difficulty
- Level 2 · Standard
- Time
- 25 min
- Questions
- 15 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Worksheet
6th Grade Verb Tenses: Past, Present and Future Worksheet — Level 1
Decide whether a sentence is in the past, present or future tense, and choose the verb that matches a time word like yesterday, now or…
- Difficulty
- Level 1 · Easier
- Time
- 10 min
- Questions
- 12 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Worksheet
6th Grade Verb Tenses: Past, Present and Future Worksheet — Level 2
Decide whether a sentence is in the past, present or future tense, and choose the verb that matches a time word like yesterday, now or…
- Difficulty
- Level 2 · Standard
- Time
- 10 min
- Questions
- 12 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Worksheet
6th Grade Verb Tenses: Past, Present and Future Worksheet — Level 3
Decide whether a sentence is in the past, present or future tense, and choose the verb that matches a time word like yesterday, now or…
- Difficulty
- Level 3 · Challenge
- Time
- 10 min
- Questions
- 12 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
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Common questions
What do 6th Grade students learn about verbs & tenses?
Action verbs, tenses and subject–verb agreement. At 6th Grade, our resources focus on: identifying modal verbs; comparing the strength of modal verbs; choosing modals for certainty, obligation and permission; using modals to control tone in writing.
Where should we start?
Start with the Level 1 or Level 2 worksheet, then move up a level. Finish with the topic test if there is one.
Are answers included?
Yes — every worksheet has an answer sheet. Maths answer sheets show the working; English tasks include model answers or success criteria.
How to use these resources
- Pair a reading comprehension with a writing prompt on a similar text type.
- Use the model answers and success criteria on the answer sheet to talk through what 'good' looks like.
- Keep spelling practice short and daily; test on Friday.
- Edit a piece of writing together using the grammar worksheet for the skill they're learning.
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