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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 22
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Choose the correct form of the verb.

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

Simple past tense

Class 3–4 · Worksheet 2 · set 22
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Write the past tense of the verb in brackets.

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

Simple future tense

Class 3–4 · Worksheet 3 · set 22
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Fill in with will + the verb in brackets.

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

Name the tense

Class 4–5 · Worksheet 4 · set 22
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Write the name of the tense of each sentence.

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

Change the tense

Class 5 · Worksheet 5 · set 22
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Rewrite each sentence in the tense given in brackets.

  1. He plays. (present continuous)
  2. Ravi reads a book. (simple past)
  3. The dog barks. (present continuous)
  4. She sings. (simple past)
  5. I write a letter. (present perfect)
  6. They eat lunch. (simple future)
  7. She cooks rice. (present perfect)
  8. The children play. (past continuous)

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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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