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Tenses worksheet — present, past and future, with answers

Free tenses worksheets: simple present, simple past, simple future, name the tense and change the tense — Class 2 to 5, printable with answer keys.

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Simple present tense (Class 2–3)Simple past tense (Class 3–4)Simple future tense (Class 3–4)Name the tense (Class 4–5)Change the tense (Class 5)

Simple present tense

Class 2–3 · Worksheet 1
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Choose the correct form of the verb.

  1. You ______ very well. (sing / sings)
  2. My parents ______ in a bank. (work / works)
  3. They ______ football in the evening. (play / plays)
  4. Birds ______ in the sky. (fly / flies)
  5. The sun ______ in the east. (rise / rises)
  6. He ______ cartoons on Sunday. (watch / watches)
  7. We ______ dinner at eight. (eat / eats)
  8. Water ______ at 100 °C. (boil / boils)
  9. My dog ______ at strangers. (bark / barks)
  10. Riya ______ hard for her exams. (study / studies)

Simple past tense

Class 3–4 · Worksheet 2
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Write the past tense of the verb in brackets.

  1. She ______ the song beautifully. (sing)
  2. We ______ in the river. (swim)
  3. The baby ______ at night. (cry)
  4. He ______ a letter to his friend. (write)
  5. The cat ______ all the milk. (drink)
  6. She ______ to Mumbai last week. (go)
  7. He ______ a new pen. (buy)
  8. Yesterday I ______ to school. (walk)
  9. I ______ my homework. (finish)
  10. Mother ______ tea for everyone. (make)
  11. They ______ cricket after school. (play)
  12. We ______ pizza for dinner. (eat)

Simple future tense

Class 3–4 · Worksheet 3
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Fill in with will + the verb in brackets.

  1. He ______ a new bicycle. (get)
  2. We ______ a picnic on Sunday. (have)
  3. I ______ you with your work. (help)
  4. Our school ______ on Monday. (open)
  5. You ______ the prize. (win)
  6. She ______ you after lunch. (call)
  7. The train ______ at six. (leave)
  8. They ______ the match next week. (play)
  9. It ______ in the evening. (rain)
  10. Tomorrow I ______ my grandmother. (visit)

Name the tense

Class 4–5 · Worksheet 4
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Write the name of the tense of each sentence.

  1. We have seen this film.
  2. She had left before I came.
  3. He wrote a poem.
  4. I will call you.
  5. I am eating lunch.
  6. They played chess.
  7. Birds build nests.
  8. He has finished his work.
  9. The sun shines.
  10. We were watching TV.

Change the tense

Class 5 · Worksheet 5
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Rewrite each sentence in the tense given in brackets.

  1. You open the door. (simple future)
  2. I write a letter. (present perfect)
  3. She cooks rice. (present perfect)
  4. He plays. (present continuous)
  5. We go to school. (past continuous)
  6. They eat lunch. (simple future)
  7. The children play. (past continuous)
  8. Ravi reads a book. (simple past)

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Questions

How many tenses are there in English?

Three main tenses — present, past and future — each with four forms (simple, continuous, perfect and perfect continuous): 12 in all.

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