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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 91
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Choose the correct form of the verb.

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

Simple past tense

Class 3–4 · Worksheet 2 · set 91
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Write the past tense of the verb in brackets.

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

Simple future tense

Class 3–4 · Worksheet 3 · set 91
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Fill in with will + the verb in brackets.

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

Name the tense

Class 4–5 · Worksheet 4 · set 91
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Write the name of the tense of each sentence.

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

Change the tense

Class 5 · Worksheet 5 · set 91
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Rewrite each sentence in the tense given in brackets.

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