Flipping Tenses Twice

This worksheet helps students in Grades 5 and 6 build strong grammar flexibility by transforming affirmative simple past tense sentences into both negative and interrogative forms. By rewriting each sentence twice-once using did not + base verb and once using Did + subject + base verb?-learners practice auxiliary verb use, word order, and sentence structure while deepening their understanding of how meaning and tone shift with grammatical changes.

Learning Goals

• Past Tense Negative and Interrogative Forms (Grades 5-6): Form correct negative and question sentences in the simple past tense.
• Auxiliary Verb Usage: Apply did, did not, and base verbs accurately in transformed sentences.
• Syntax and Word Order: Understand how sentence structure changes across affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms.
• Grammar Transformation Skills: Rewrite sentences correctly while preserving original meaning.

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource: Designed to target a challenging but essential grammar skill.
• Triple-Form Practice: Reinforces understanding by working with the same sentence in three forms.
• Meaning-Aware Grammar: Helps students see how sentence purpose (statement vs. question) affects structure.
• Flexible Use: Suitable for grammar lessons, review units, test prep, or independent practice.

This printable worksheet helps students gain confidence manipulating verb tense and sentence form accurately. By flipping simple past sentences into negative and interrogative versions, learners strengthen grammar precision, syntactic awareness, and control over auxiliary verbs. It is a no-prep resource that works well in both classroom and homeschool language arts settings, supporting clear, correct, and flexible sentence construction.

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