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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 63
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Choose the correct form of the verb.

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

Simple past tense

Class 3–4 · Worksheet 2 · set 63
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Write the past tense of the verb in brackets.

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

Simple future tense

Class 3–4 · Worksheet 3 · set 63
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Fill in with will + the verb in brackets.

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

Name the tense

Class 4–5 · Worksheet 4 · set 63
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Write the name of the tense of each sentence.

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

Change the tense

Class 5 · Worksheet 5 · set 63
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Rewrite each sentence in the tense given in brackets.

  1. The children play. (past continuous)
  2. You open the door. (simple future)
  3. They eat lunch. (simple future)
  4. We go to school. (past continuous)
  5. He plays. (present continuous)
  6. She cooks rice. (present perfect)
  7. I write a letter. (present perfect)
  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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