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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 89
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Choose the correct form of the verb.

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

Simple past tense

Class 3–4 · Worksheet 2 · set 89
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Write the past tense of the verb in brackets.

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

Simple future tense

Class 3–4 · Worksheet 3 · set 89
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Fill in with will + the verb in brackets.

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

Name the tense

Class 4–5 · Worksheet 4 · set 89
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Write the name of the tense of each sentence.

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

Change the tense

Class 5 · Worksheet 5 · set 89
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Rewrite each sentence in the tense given in brackets.

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