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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 79
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Choose the correct form of the verb.

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

Simple past tense

Class 3–4 · Worksheet 2 · set 79
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Write the past tense of the verb in brackets.

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

Simple future tense

Class 3–4 · Worksheet 3 · set 79
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Fill in with will + the verb in brackets.

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

Name the tense

Class 4–5 · Worksheet 4 · set 79
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Write the name of the tense of each sentence.

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

Change the tense

Class 5 · Worksheet 5 · set 79
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Rewrite each sentence in the tense given in brackets.

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

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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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