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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 72
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Choose the correct form of the verb.

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

Simple past tense

Class 3–4 · Worksheet 2 · set 72
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Write the past tense of the verb in brackets.

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

Simple future tense

Class 3–4 · Worksheet 3 · set 72
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Fill in with will + the verb in brackets.

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

Name the tense

Class 4–5 · Worksheet 4 · set 72
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Write the name of the tense of each sentence.

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

Change the tense

Class 5 · Worksheet 5 · set 72
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Rewrite each sentence in the tense given in brackets.

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