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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 47
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Choose the correct form of the verb.

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

Simple past tense

Class 3–4 · Worksheet 2 · set 47
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Write the past tense of the verb in brackets.

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

Simple future tense

Class 3–4 · Worksheet 3 · set 47
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Fill in with will + the verb in brackets.

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

Name the tense

Class 4–5 · Worksheet 4 · set 47
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Write the name of the tense of each sentence.

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

Change the tense

Class 5 · Worksheet 5 · set 47
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Rewrite each sentence in the tense given in brackets.

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