Grammar Practice Stories

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hold-past

Grammar

The children in class held hands when they walked together outside the school. If they held hands it was easy to keep together. The teachers knew if they held hands they moved slower. That was

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hold-perfect_tense

Grammar

The children in class have held hands everytime they walk outside on a field trip. That's because Linda is their teacher. She's taught them how to move as a group. They've practiced in many ways to

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hurt-past

Grammar

Dinah never hurt anyone. She was always kind. But other people were not so kind. Another boy in her class was uncaring. He hurt other children and animals sometimes. He hurt Dinah every time he

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hurt-perfect_tense

Grammar

Dinah has never hurt anyone. She's always been kind. But other people haven't been so kind. Another boy in her class is uncaring. He's hurt other children. He's hurt animals sometimes. He's hurt

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keep-past

Grammar

Fiorello Mancini was a good man and a bit unusual. He was a politician, and he kept his promises. He was very careful about what he promised and he liked to be as open as he could. I kept very few

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keep-perfect_tense

Grammar

Fiorello Mancini is a good man and a bit unusual. He is a politician and at the same time he has kept his promises. He is very careful about what he promises. He also likes to be as open as he can.

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know-past

Grammar

Jim knew the truth about Devin. Devin just wanted to be left alone. Devin was involved with the political scandal in the mayor's office last month and he knew what happened there. He knew firsthand

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know-perfect_tense

Grammar

Jim has known the truth about Devin all along. Devin just wants to be left alone. Devin was involved with the political scandal in the mayor's office last month. He's known every little event that

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lay-past

Grammar

Niles laid down on the bed. He laid back his head and looked at the ceiling while he smoked a cigarette. He felt tired from his hard day. He spoke out loud saying how he felt. He spoke into a mike

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lay-perfect_tense

Grammar

Joe is a very sentimental guy. He needs to buy a new bed but he feels attached to his old bed. After all he thinks he's laid on the same bed for more than fifteen years. He's laid on it in

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lead-past

Grammar

Randy loved challenges and he loved making the world a better place. He worked for a nonprofit organization and he led fund raising events for his organization almost every month. He also led

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lead-perfect_tense

Grammar

Randy is a camp director. He leads children on hikes and other outdoor activities. He’s lead children on foot. He's lead children on horseback. He's lead children on skis. Because of this, he

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learn-past

Grammar

Hera learned quickly. She was that way in school and at work she was still that way. She learned languages by copying others and she learned concepts by thinking and reviewing and reviewing. Other

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learn-perfect_tense

Grammar

Aubrey is tired of learning. She has to take an entrance exam to get into the High School she wants to go to. She has studied very hard for two and a half years. She's learned the history of her

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leave-past

Grammar

Sandra left her house at seven thirty am everyday. This was earlier than it needed to be. She could have left at seven fifty and still be on time for work if she wanted to. But she left early

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leave-perfect_tense

Grammar

Sandra has left her house at seven thirty am everyday this year. This is earlier than it needs to be she could leave at seven fifty and still be on time for work if she wanted to. But she likes to