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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 25
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Choose the correct form of the verb.

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

Simple past tense

Class 3–4 · Worksheet 2 · set 25
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Write the past tense of the verb in brackets.

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

Simple future tense

Class 3–4 · Worksheet 3 · set 25
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Fill in with will + the verb in brackets.

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

Name the tense

Class 4–5 · Worksheet 4 · set 25
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Write the name of the tense of each sentence.

  1. I will call you.
  2. She had left before I came.
  3. They played chess.
  4. She is reading a book.
  5. I am eating lunch.
  6. We were watching TV.
  7. They will be travelling tomorrow.
  8. The sun shines.
  9. He wrote a poem.
  10. He has finished his work.

Change the tense

Class 5 · Worksheet 5 · set 25
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Rewrite each sentence in the tense given in brackets.

  1. The dog barks. (present continuous)
  2. We go to school. (past continuous)
  3. You open the door. (simple future)
  4. He plays. (present continuous)
  5. Ravi reads a book. (simple past)
  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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