Free Past Tense Converter
Convert present tense to past tense easily with our online tool. Try a quick, accurate, and user-friendly converter for all your verb tense needs.
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Past Tense Converter FAQs
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ProWritingAid is a digital toolkit that helps you craft your story and bring it to life.
ProWritingAid helps you unlock the full potential of your story by fixing grammatical errors, improving sentence clarity, and creating more engaging prose. Plus, it integrates with any writing app, so you can get support in whichever one you use.
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A free account allows you to edit and run reports on up to 500 words. It also gives you three AI Sparks per day, which is needed to convert text to past tense. If you want more, you’ll need to upgrade to a paid plan.
How do I change tense in-app?
Follow these steps:
Highlight the text you want to change.
Click “Sparks.”
Then select the "Past tense" option from the drop-down menu.
Does my ProWritingAid paid license work on this page?
This page is for demonstration only, so it doesn’t recognize Premium or Premium Pro licenses, and limits how many times you can use the tool here. To access the feature with your paid license, please log in and use the Web Editor or any of our integrations.
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