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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 43
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Choose the correct form of the verb.

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

Simple past tense

Class 3–4 · Worksheet 2 · set 43
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Write the past tense of the verb in brackets.

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

Simple future tense

Class 3–4 · Worksheet 3 · set 43
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Fill in with will + the verb in brackets.

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

Name the tense

Class 4–5 · Worksheet 4 · set 43
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Write the name of the tense of each sentence.

  1. We have seen this film.
  2. She is reading a book.
  3. She had left before I came.
  4. The sun shines.
  5. He wrote a poem.
  6. Birds build nests.
  7. I am eating lunch.
  8. We were watching TV.
  9. They will be travelling tomorrow.
  10. They played chess.

Change the tense

Class 5 · Worksheet 5 · set 43
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Rewrite each sentence in the tense given in brackets.

  1. Ravi reads a book. (simple past)
  2. She sings. (simple past)
  3. The dog barks. (present continuous)
  4. The children play. (past continuous)
  5. They eat lunch. (simple future)
  6. You open the door. (simple future)
  7. He plays. (present continuous)
  8. I write a letter. (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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