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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 61
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Choose the correct form of the verb.

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

Simple past tense

Class 3–4 · Worksheet 2 · set 61
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Write the past tense of the verb in brackets.

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

Simple future tense

Class 3–4 · Worksheet 3 · set 61
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Fill in with will + the verb in brackets.

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

Name the tense

Class 4–5 · Worksheet 4 · set 61
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Write the name of the tense of each sentence.

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

Change the tense

Class 5 · Worksheet 5 · set 61
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Rewrite each sentence in the tense given in brackets.

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