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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 83
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Choose the correct form of the verb.

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

Simple past tense

Class 3–4 · Worksheet 2 · set 83
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Write the past tense of the verb in brackets.

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

Simple future tense

Class 3–4 · Worksheet 3 · set 83
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Fill in with will + the verb in brackets.

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

Name the tense

Class 4–5 · Worksheet 4 · set 83
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Write the name of the tense of each sentence.

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

Change the tense

Class 5 · Worksheet 5 · set 83
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Rewrite each sentence in the tense given in brackets.

  1. She cooks rice. (present perfect)
  2. She sings. (simple past)
  3. The dog barks. (present continuous)
  4. He plays. (present continuous)
  5. I write a letter. (present perfect)
  6. We go to school. (past continuous)
  7. The children play. (past continuous)
  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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