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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 84
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Choose the correct form of the verb.

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

Simple past tense

Class 3–4 · Worksheet 2 · set 84
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Write the past tense of the verb in brackets.

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

Simple future tense

Class 3–4 · Worksheet 3 · set 84
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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. She ______ you after lunch. (call)
  5. They ______ the match next week. (play)
  6. Our school ______ on Monday. (open)
  7. The train ______ at six. (leave)
  8. Tomorrow I ______ my grandmother. (visit)
  9. I ______ you with your work. (help)
  10. It ______ in the evening. (rain)

Name the tense

Class 4–5 · Worksheet 4 · set 84
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Write the name of the tense of each sentence.

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

Change the tense

Class 5 · Worksheet 5 · set 84
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Rewrite each sentence in the tense given in brackets.

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