The house that Jack built, Worksheet 3
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Date:
Present tense and past tense – look for the differences
Compare the two versions of the same poem.
1 Mark the words that are different light blue.
This is the house that Jack built.
This is the house that Jack built.
This is the malt
that lies in the house that Jack built.
This is the malt
that lay in the house that Jack built.
This is the rat that eats the malt
that lies in the house that Jack built.
This is the rat that ate the malt
that lay in the house that Jack built.
This is the cat that kills the rat
that eats the malt
that lies in the house that Jack built.
This is the cat that killed the rat
that ate the malt
that lay in the house that Jack built.
This is the dog that worries the cat
that kills the rat that eats the malt
that lies in the house that Jack built.
This is the dog that worried the cat
that killed the rat that ate the malt
that lay in the house that Jack built.
This is the cow with the crumpled horn
that tosses the dog that worries the cat
that kills the rat that eats the malt
that lies in the house that Jack built.
This is the cow with the crumpled horn
that tossed the dog that worried the cat
that killed the rat that ate the malt
that lay in the house that Jack built.
This is the maiden all forlorn
that milks the cow with the crumpled horn
that tosses the dog that worries the cat
that kills the rat that eats the malt
that lies in the house that Jack built.
This is the maiden all forlorn
that milked the cow with the crumpled horn
that tossed the dog that worried the cat
that killed the rat that ate the malt
that lay in the house that Jack built.
This is the man all tattered and torn
that kisses the maiden all forlorn
that milks the cow with the crumpled horn
that tosses the dog that worries the cat
that kills the rat that eats the malt
that lies in the house that Jack built.
This is the man all tattered and torn
that kissed the maiden all forlorn
that milked the cow with the crumpled horn
that tossed the dog that worried the cat
that killed the rat that ate the malt
that lay in the house that Jack built.
2 From present tense to past tense. Fill in the verbs.
lies
lay
eats
worries
milks
tosses
kisses
kills
Opinion
easy
just right
okay
difficult
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