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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 5
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Choose the correct form of the verb.

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

Simple past tense

Class 3–4 · Worksheet 2 · set 5
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Write the past tense of the verb in brackets.

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

Simple future tense

Class 3–4 · Worksheet 3 · set 5
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Fill in with will + the verb in brackets.

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

Name the tense

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

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

Change the tense

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

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

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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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