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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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Present — happens now or every day: She plays . She is playing .Past — already happened: She played . She was playing . Many verbs change: go → went, eat → ate, write → wrote.Future — will happen: She will play . Perfect tenses use has / have / had + past participle: She has played .
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 93
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Choose the correct form of the verb.
We ______ dinner at eight. (eat / eats) She ______ to school every day. (go / goes) My dog ______ at strangers. (bark / barks) The sun ______ in the east. (rise / rises) Water ______ at 100 °C. (boil / boils) My parents ______ in a bank. (work / works) He ______ cartoons on Sunday. (watch / watches) I ______ ice cream. (like / likes) Birds ______ in the sky. (fly / flies) Riya ______ hard for her exams. (study / studies)
✅ Answer key — Simple present tense
eat goes barks rises boils work watches like fly studies
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Simple past tense Class 3–4 · Worksheet 2 · set 93
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Write the past tense of the verb in brackets.
I ______ a rainbow in the sky. (see) We ______ pizza for dinner. (eat) They ______ cricket after school. (play) Mother ______ tea for everyone. (make) She ______ the song beautifully. (sing) Yesterday I ______ to school. (walk) I ______ my homework. (finish) The cat ______ all the milk. (drink) He ______ a letter to his friend. (write) The baby ______ at night. (cry) We ______ in the river. (swim) The school bell ______ at nine. (ring)
✅ Answer key — Simple past tense
saw ate played made sang walked finished drank wrote cried swam rang
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Simple future tense Class 3–4 · Worksheet 3 · set 93
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Fill in with will + the verb in brackets.
Tomorrow I ______ my grandmother. (visit) They ______ the match next week. (play) We ______ a picnic on Sunday. (have) You ______ the prize. (win) He ______ a new bicycle. (get) She ______ you after lunch. (call) Our school ______ on Monday. (open) I ______ you with your work. (help) It ______ in the evening. (rain) The train ______ at six. (leave)
✅ Answer key — Simple future tense
will visit will play will have will win will get will call will open will help will rain will leave
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Name the tense Class 4–5 · Worksheet 4 · set 93
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Write the name of the tense of each sentence.
I will call you. She is reading a book. We were watching TV. He has finished his work. We have seen this film. I am eating lunch. Birds build nests. She had left before I came. They played chess. The sun shines.
✅ Answer key — Name the tense
Simple future Present continuous Past continuous Present perfect Present perfect Present continuous Simple present Past perfect Simple past Simple present
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Change the tense Class 5 · Worksheet 5 · set 93
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Rewrite each sentence in the tense given in brackets.
He plays. (present continuous) Ravi reads a book. (simple past) We go to school. (past continuous) The children play. (past continuous) You open the door. (simple future) She sings. (simple past) The dog barks. (present continuous) They eat lunch. (simple future)
✅ Answer key — Change the tense
He is playing. Ravi read a book. We were going to school. The children were playing. You will open the door. She sang. The dog is barking. They will eat lunch.
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Questions
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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