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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 29
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Choose the correct form of the verb.

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

Simple past tense

Class 3–4 · Worksheet 2 · set 29
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Write the past tense of the verb in brackets.

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

Simple future tense

Class 3–4 · Worksheet 3 · set 29
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Fill in with will + the verb in brackets.

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

Name the tense

Class 4–5 · Worksheet 4 · set 29
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Write the name of the tense of each sentence.

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

Change the tense

Class 5 · Worksheet 5 · set 29
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Rewrite each sentence in the tense given in brackets.

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