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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 50
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Choose the correct form of the verb.

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

Simple past tense

Class 3–4 · Worksheet 2 · set 50
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Write the past tense of the verb in brackets.

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

Simple future tense

Class 3–4 · Worksheet 3 · set 50
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Fill in with will + the verb in brackets.

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

Name the tense

Class 4–5 · Worksheet 4 · set 50
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Write the name of the tense of each sentence.

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

Change the tense

Class 5 · Worksheet 5 · set 50
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Rewrite each sentence in the tense given in brackets.

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