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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 44
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Choose the correct form of the verb.

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

Simple past tense

Class 3–4 · Worksheet 2 · set 44
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Write the past tense of the verb in brackets.

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

Simple future tense

Class 3–4 · Worksheet 3 · set 44
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Fill in with will + the verb in brackets.

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

Name the tense

Class 4–5 · Worksheet 4 · set 44
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Write the name of the tense of each sentence.

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

Change the tense

Class 5 · Worksheet 5 · set 44
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Rewrite each sentence in the tense given in brackets.

  1. You open the door. (simple future)
  2. Ravi reads a book. (simple past)
  3. She sings. (simple past)
  4. They eat lunch. (simple future)
  5. She cooks rice. (present perfect)
  6. We go to school. (past continuous)
  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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