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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 74
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Choose the correct form of the verb.

  1. He ______ cartoons on Sunday. (watch / watches)
  2. My dog ______ at strangers. (bark / barks)
  3. Riya ______ hard for her exams. (study / studies)
  4. We ______ dinner at eight. (eat / eats)
  5. My parents ______ in a bank. (work / works)
  6. They ______ football in the evening. (play / plays)
  7. I ______ ice cream. (like / likes)
  8. The sun ______ in the east. (rise / rises)
  9. She ______ to school every day. (go / goes)
  10. Water ______ at 100 °C. (boil / boils)

Simple past tense

Class 3–4 · Worksheet 2 · set 74
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Write the past tense of the verb in brackets.

  1. The baby ______ at night. (cry)
  2. We ______ pizza for dinner. (eat)
  3. He ______ a new pen. (buy)
  4. Mother ______ tea for everyone. (make)
  5. Yesterday I ______ to school. (walk)
  6. The cat ______ all the milk. (drink)
  7. I ______ a rainbow in the sky. (see)
  8. I ______ my homework. (finish)
  9. She ______ to Mumbai last week. (go)
  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 74
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Fill in with will + the verb in brackets.

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

Name the tense

Class 4–5 · Worksheet 4 · set 74
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Write the name of the tense of each sentence.

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

Change the tense

Class 5 · Worksheet 5 · set 74
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Rewrite each sentence in the tense given in brackets.

  1. She sings. (simple past)
  2. He plays. (present continuous)
  3. You open the door. (simple future)
  4. She cooks rice. (present perfect)
  5. Ravi reads a book. (simple past)
  6. They eat lunch. (simple future)
  7. We go to school. (past continuous)
  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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