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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 35
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Choose the correct form of the verb.

  1. Riya ______ hard for her exams. (study / studies)
  2. Water ______ at 100 °C. (boil / boils)
  3. She ______ to school every day. (go / goes)
  4. You ______ very well. (sing / sings)
  5. They ______ football in the evening. (play / plays)
  6. He ______ cartoons on Sunday. (watch / watches)
  7. The sun ______ in the east. (rise / rises)
  8. My dog ______ at strangers. (bark / barks)
  9. I ______ ice cream. (like / likes)
  10. We ______ dinner at eight. (eat / eats)

Simple past tense

Class 3–4 · Worksheet 2 · set 35
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Write the past tense of the verb in brackets.

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

Simple future tense

Class 3–4 · Worksheet 3 · set 35
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Fill in with will + the verb in brackets.

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

Name the tense

Class 4–5 · Worksheet 4 · set 35
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Write the name of the tense of each sentence.

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

Change the tense

Class 5 · Worksheet 5 · set 35
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Rewrite each sentence in the tense given in brackets.

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