Yesterday’s Keys

In this worksheet, students follow a story-based escape puzzle in which they must fill in each blank with the correct simple past tense verb. Each correct verb acts like a “key,” allowing the storyline to progress, which creates a fun narrative incentive to choose verbs carefully. Students practice identifying context clues to select the correct past-tense form, including both regular and irregular verbs. By moving through a continuous storyline, learners stay engaged while applying grammar rules in meaningful sentences. This activity strengthens reading comprehension, sentence-level grammar, and verb tense knowledge.

Curriculum Matched Skills

English Language Arts – Simple Past Tense Verb Usage

English Language Arts – Context Clues for Word Choice

English Language Arts – Reading Comprehension in Narrative Text

English Language Arts – Grammar Accuracy in Complete Sentences

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