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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 45
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Choose the correct form of the verb.

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

Simple past tense

Class 3–4 · Worksheet 2 · set 45
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Write the past tense of the verb in brackets.

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

Simple future tense

Class 3–4 · Worksheet 3 · set 45
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Fill in with will + the verb in brackets.

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

Name the tense

Class 4–5 · Worksheet 4 · set 45
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Write the name of the tense of each sentence.

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

Change the tense

Class 5 · Worksheet 5 · set 45
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Rewrite each sentence in the tense given in brackets.

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