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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 78
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Choose the correct form of the verb.

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

Simple past tense

Class 3–4 · Worksheet 2 · set 78
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Write the past tense of the verb in brackets.

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

Simple future tense

Class 3–4 · Worksheet 3 · set 78
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Fill in with will + the verb in brackets.

  1. You ______ the prize. (win)
  2. He ______ a new bicycle. (get)
  3. We ______ a picnic on Sunday. (have)
  4. I ______ you with your work. (help)
  5. They ______ the match next week. (play)
  6. She ______ you after lunch. (call)
  7. Our school ______ on Monday. (open)
  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 78
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Write the name of the tense of each sentence.

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

Change the tense

Class 5 · Worksheet 5 · set 78
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Rewrite each sentence in the tense given in brackets.

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