Yesterday’s Story

This worksheet helps students in Grades 4 and 5 strengthen both narrative writing and grammar skills by composing a short personal story about something they did yesterday or last weekend. With clear grammatical requirements, learners practice using a mix of regular and irregular past-tense verbs while organizing ideas into a coherent paragraph that reflects real-life experiences.

Learning Goals

• Personal Narrative Writing (Grades 4-5): Write a focused paragraph that recounts a past event clearly and logically.
• Regular and Irregular Past Tense Verbs: Use at least two regular and two irregular past-tense verbs accurately.
• Time Phrases in Writing: Begin one sentence with a time phrase (e.g., Yesterday, Last weekend, After dinner) to set context.
• Grammar and Sentence Fluency: Maintain consistent past tense and smooth sentence flow throughout the paragraph.

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource: Designed to combine authentic writing with targeted grammar practice.
• Clear Writing Requirements: Specific verb and structure expectations ensure intentional grammar application.
• Extended Writing Space: Encourages full-paragraph development rather than short responses.
• Real-World Relevance: Connects grammar learning to students’ own experiences and storytelling.

This printable worksheet helps students build confidence writing about past events while applying correct verb tense forms in meaningful context. By crafting a personal narrative with deliberate grammatical elements, learners improve organization, clarity, and fluency in past-tense writing. It is a no-prep resource well suited for classroom or homeschool language arts instruction, supporting strong narrative skills and accurate grammar use.

This worksheet is part of our simple past tense worksheets collection.