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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 62
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Choose the correct form of the verb.

  1. My dog ______ at strangers. (bark / barks)
  2. I ______ ice cream. (like / likes)
  3. Water ______ at 100 °C. (boil / boils)
  4. They ______ football in the evening. (play / plays)
  5. The sun ______ in the east. (rise / rises)
  6. You ______ very well. (sing / sings)
  7. Birds ______ in the sky. (fly / flies)
  8. My parents ______ in a bank. (work / works)
  9. She ______ to school every day. (go / goes)
  10. Riya ______ hard for her exams. (study / studies)

Simple past tense

Class 3–4 · Worksheet 2 · set 62
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Write the past tense of the verb in brackets.

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

Simple future tense

Class 3–4 · Worksheet 3 · set 62
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Fill in with will + the verb in brackets.

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

Name the tense

Class 4–5 · Worksheet 4 · set 62
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Write the name of the tense of each sentence.

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

Change the tense

Class 5 · Worksheet 5 · set 62
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Rewrite each sentence in the tense given in brackets.

  1. She sings. (simple past)
  2. She cooks rice. (present perfect)
  3. They eat lunch. (simple future)
  4. We go to school. (past continuous)
  5. I write a letter. (present perfect)
  6. He plays. (present continuous)
  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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