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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 · set 19
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Choose the correct form of the verb.

  1. Water ______ at 100 °C. (boil / boils)
  2. I ______ ice cream. (like / likes)
  3. My dog ______ at strangers. (bark / barks)
  4. We ______ dinner at eight. (eat / eats)
  5. Riya ______ hard for her exams. (study / studies)
  6. He ______ cartoons on Sunday. (watch / watches)
  7. The sun ______ in the east. (rise / rises)
  8. They ______ football in the evening. (play / plays)
  9. She ______ to school every day. (go / goes)
  10. My parents ______ in a bank. (work / works)

Simple past tense

Class 3–4 · Worksheet 2 · set 19
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Write the past tense of the verb in brackets.

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

Simple future tense

Class 3–4 · Worksheet 3 · set 19
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Fill in with will + the verb in brackets.

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

Name the tense

Class 4–5 · Worksheet 4 · set 19
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Write the name of the tense of each sentence.

  1. Birds build nests.
  2. We have seen this film.
  3. She is reading a book.
  4. He wrote a poem.
  5. I am eating lunch.
  6. They will be travelling tomorrow.
  7. The sun shines.
  8. I will call you.
  9. She had left before I came.
  10. They played chess.

Change the tense

Class 5 · Worksheet 5 · set 19
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Rewrite each sentence in the tense given in brackets.

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

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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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