Verb Tenses Worksheets

Students circle the tense of six sentences, complete a past, present and future chart for five verbs, and use time clues like yesterday and tomorrow to write the right verb form.

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Verb Tenses: Past, Present and Future

Name: ______________________Date: __________

A verb’s tense tells when something happens. Past already happened (walked). Present happens now or often (walks). Future will happen (will walk). Circle the tense.

  1. My cat sleeps in the sun. pastpresentfuture
  2. I will call you later. pastpresentfuture
  3. The class planted seeds on Monday. pastpresentfuture
  4. Yesterday we baked cookies. pastpresentfuture
  5. Tomorrow I will visit my aunt. pastpresentfuture
  6. Last night it snowed. pastpresentfuture

Fill in the chart. Watch the spelling: hop → hopped, cry → cried.

VerbPresent (he or she)PastFuture
smile
help
carry
cry
walk

Use the time clue. Write the verb in the right tense.

  1. Last summer my family (travel).
  2. Next year Leo (learn).
  3. Every morning Ana (brush).
  4. Yesterday I (play).

Verb Tenses: Past, Present and Future: Answer Key

A verb’s tense tells when something happens. Past already happened (walked). Present happens now or often (walks). Future will happen (will walk). Circle the tense.

  1. My cat sleeps in the sun. pastpresentfuture
  2. I will call you later. pastpresentfuture
  3. The class planted seeds on Monday. pastpresentfuture
  4. Yesterday we baked cookies. pastpresentfuture
  5. Tomorrow I will visit my aunt. pastpresentfuture
  6. Last night it snowed. pastpresentfuture

Fill in the chart. Watch the spelling: hop → hopped, cry → cried.

VerbPresent (he or she)PastFuture
smilesmilessmiledwill smile
helphelpshelpedwill help
carrycarriescarriedwill carry
crycriescriedwill cry
walkwalkswalkedwill walk

Use the time clue. Write the verb in the right tense.

  1. Last summer my family traveled (travel).
  2. Next year Leo will learn (learn).
  3. Every morning Ana brushes (brush).
  4. Yesterday I played (play).

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Verb Tenses Worksheets: free printable grammar & punctuation worksheets for 1st–3rd grade from Printable Classroom. Printable verb tenses worksheets: sort sentences into past, present and future, fill in a verb chart with spelling changes (hopped, cried), and use time clues to write the right tense. Answer key included.