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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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Present — happens now or every day: She plays . She is playing .Past — already happened: She played . She was playing . Many verbs change: go → went, eat → ate, write → wrote.Future — will happen: She will play . Perfect tenses use has / have / had + past participle: She has played .
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 21
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Choose the correct form of the verb.
The sun ______ in the east. (rise / rises) My dog ______ at strangers. (bark / barks) My parents ______ in a bank. (work / works) We ______ dinner at eight. (eat / eats) They ______ football in the evening. (play / plays) You ______ very well. (sing / sings) He ______ cartoons on Sunday. (watch / watches) Water ______ at 100 °C. (boil / boils) Birds ______ in the sky. (fly / flies) Riya ______ hard for her exams. (study / studies)
✅ Answer key — Simple present tense
rises barks work eat play sing watches boils fly studies
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Simple past tense Class 3–4 · Worksheet 2 · set 21
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Write the past tense of the verb in brackets.
They ______ cricket after school. (play) He ______ a new pen. (buy) He ______ a letter to his friend. (write) We ______ in the river. (swim) I ______ my homework. (finish) We ______ pizza for dinner. (eat) The baby ______ at night. (cry) Mother ______ tea for everyone. (make) I ______ a rainbow in the sky. (see) The cat ______ all the milk. (drink) She ______ to Mumbai last week. (go) She ______ the song beautifully. (sing)
✅ Answer key — Simple past tense
played bought wrote swam finished ate cried made saw drank went sang
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Simple future tense Class 3–4 · Worksheet 3 · set 21
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Fill in with will + the verb in brackets.
I ______ you with your work. (help) You ______ the prize. (win) The train ______ at six. (leave) We ______ a picnic on Sunday. (have) Tomorrow I ______ my grandmother. (visit) Our school ______ on Monday. (open) He ______ a new bicycle. (get) It ______ in the evening. (rain) They ______ the match next week. (play) She ______ you after lunch. (call)
✅ Answer key — Simple future tense
will help will win will leave will have will visit will open will get will rain will play will call
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Name the tense Class 4–5 · Worksheet 4 · set 21
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Write the name of the tense of each sentence.
We have seen this film. They played chess. He has finished his work. She is reading a book. I am eating lunch. We were watching TV. Birds build nests. I will call you. The sun shines. She had left before I came.
✅ Answer key — Name the tense
Present perfect Simple past Present perfect Present continuous Present continuous Past continuous Simple present Simple future Simple present Past perfect
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Change the tense Class 5 · Worksheet 5 · set 21
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Rewrite each sentence in the tense given in brackets.
The dog barks. (present continuous) Ravi reads a book. (simple past) She cooks rice. (present perfect) I write a letter. (present perfect) She sings. (simple past) The children play. (past continuous) They eat lunch. (simple future) He plays. (present continuous)
✅ Answer key — Change the tense
The dog is barking. Ravi read a book. She has cooked rice. I have written a letter. She sang. The children were playing. They will eat lunch. He is playing.
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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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