| Name: ______________________________ | Date: ______________ |
Instructions
- Read each sentence carefully.
- Use the clues to choose the correct verb tense.
- Check whether the action happens now, happened before, or will happen later.
Example: Yesterday, Maya [blank] her kite. Choose the correct verb: fly, flew, or will fly.
Answer: Yesterday, Maya flew her kite.
Part 1: Present-Tense Playground
Choose the verb that shows an action happening now or regularly.
1. Leo ___ his teeth every morning.
| ○ A. brush | ○ B. brushes |
| ○ C. brushed | ○ D. will brush |
2. The birds ___ in the trees right now.
| ○ A. sing | ○ B. sang |
| ○ C. will sing | ○ D. singing |
3. We ___ a story after dinner each night.
| ○ A. read | ○ B. readed |
| ○ C. will read | ○ D. reading |
4. Nina ___ her lunch at school every day.
| ○ A. eat | ○ B. eats |
| ○ C. ate | ○ D. will eat |
Part 2: Past-Tense Time Machine
Write the past-tense form of the verb in brackets.
5. Last Saturday, Amir __________ a tall tower. (build)
6. The puppy __________ across the garden yesterday. (run)
7. Ella __________ her lost pencil under the desk. (find)
8. We __________ the museum last week. (visit)
Part 3: Future Rocket
Write True if the sentence uses a correct future-tense verb.
9. Tomorrow, I will plant a sunflower seed. True / False
10. Next summer, we visited the beach. True / False
11. Soon, the robot will clean the room. True / False
12. Next Friday, Sam baked a cake. True / False
Part 4: Verb-Tense Trail
Match each time clue with the verb phrase that fits it best.
| 13. | every morning | __________ | A. will visit |
| 14. | yesterday | __________ | B. played |
| 15. | next weekend | __________ | C. rides |
| 16. | last night | __________ | D. eats |
| 17. | tomorrow | __________ | E. will ride |
Part 5: Tense Detective (optional challenge)
Rewrite each sentence in the tense named.
18. Rewrite in the past tense: The dragon flies over the castle. |
19. Rewrite in the future tense: Mia paints a rainbow. |
20. Rewrite in the present tense: The fox jumped over the log. |
21. Write one sentence about something you did yesterday. |
Answer Key
| 1. | B (brushes) |
| 2. | A (sing) |
| 3. | A (read) |
| 4. | B (eats) |
| 5. | built |
| 6. | ran |
| 7. | found |
| 8. | visited |
| 9. | True |
| 10. | False |
| 11. | True |
| 12. | False |
| 13. | E (will ride) |
| 14. | C (rides) |
| 15. | B (played) |
| 16. | A (will visit) |
| 17. | D (eats) |
| 18. | The dragon flew over the castle. |
| 19. | Mia will paint a rainbow. |
| 20. | The fox jumps over the log. |
| 21. | Answers will vary. The sentence should use a past-tense verb. |