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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 31
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Choose the correct form of the verb.

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

Simple past tense

Class 3–4 · Worksheet 2 · set 31
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Write the past tense of the verb in brackets.

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

Simple future tense

Class 3–4 · Worksheet 3 · set 31
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Fill in with will + the verb in brackets.

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

Name the tense

Class 4–5 · Worksheet 4 · set 31
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Write the name of the tense of each sentence.

  1. She is reading a book.
  2. We were watching TV.
  3. They will be travelling tomorrow.
  4. Birds build nests.
  5. I will call you.
  6. He has finished his work.
  7. We have seen this film.
  8. The sun shines.
  9. I am eating lunch.
  10. He wrote a poem.

Change the tense

Class 5 · Worksheet 5 · set 31
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Rewrite each sentence in the tense given in brackets.

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

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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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