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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 23
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Choose the correct form of the verb.

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

Simple past tense

Class 3–4 · Worksheet 2 · set 23
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Write the past tense of the verb in brackets.

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

Simple future tense

Class 3–4 · Worksheet 3 · set 23
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Fill in with will + the verb in brackets.

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

Name the tense

Class 4–5 · Worksheet 4 · set 23
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Write the name of the tense of each sentence.

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

Change the tense

Class 5 · Worksheet 5 · set 23
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Rewrite each sentence in the tense given in brackets.

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