Tenses
Grade 5 · English
Tenses
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All tenses — simple, continuous and perfect — in present, past and future
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1

Now sort these sentences by their aspect — Simple, Continuous or Perfect!

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1I walk to school.
2They were playing cricket.
3They play cricket every day.
4She had painted the portrait by noon.
5He is singing right now.
6She painted a portrait.
7I am walking to school.
8She has sung at many concerts.
9I have walked this route many times.
10They had played cricket before the rain.
Simple
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Continuous
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Perfect
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2

Sort each sentence into the correct tense — Present, Past or Future!

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1She had completed the project before noon.
2He played football yesterday.
3The birds have built their nests.
4They will have finished by evening.
5The children are playing in the park.
6She reads a book every night.
7The train arrives at seven o'clock.
8She will join the music class next month.
9I shall meet you at the library.
10We will go to the fair tomorrow.
Present
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Past
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Future
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3

Fill in the correct simple present or simple past tense form of the verb!

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He five kilometres every morning. (run — present)
teaches
sings
runs
She folk songs at every gathering. (sing — present)
ate
eats
sings
He a long poem last night. (write — past)
writes
runs
wrote
She the entire marathon last month. (run — past)
eats
ran
teaches
Mr Sharma mathematics at our school. (teach — present)
teaches
taught
sang
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