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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 4
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Choose the correct form of the verb.

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

Simple past tense

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

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

Simple future tense

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

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

Name the tense

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

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

Change the tense

Class 5 · Worksheet 5 · set 4
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Rewrite each sentence in the tense given in brackets.

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