Verb Tense worksheet for practicing past, present, and future verb forms.

Let’s go through each sentence one by one. We’ll look at the time clue in the sentence — like “tomorrow,” “yesterday,” or “last night” — to pick the right verb tense.

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1. Jim and Susan ______ to school tomorrow.
→ “Tomorrow” = future → choose will go

2. Sam sits down and ______ in his notebook.
→ This is happening now (present) → choose writes

3. The energetic puppy sure ______ happy yesterday!
→ “Yesterday” = past → choose was

4. Mrs. Smith ______ a song in the talent show next month.
→ “Next month” = future → choose will sing

5. They ______ on the phone for three hours last night.
→ “Last night” = past → choose talked

6. My baby sister ______ for the first time yesterday!
→ “Yesterday” = past → choose spoke

7. Uncle Scott ______ me a new video game tomorrow.
→ “Tomorrow” = future → choose will give

8. The teacher ______ to his students right now.
→ “Right now” = present → choose is reading

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Now, for questions 9–16: Just label each verb as past, present, or future.

9. plays → happens now → present tense
10. were → happened before → past tense
11. painted → happened before → past tense
12. is smiling → happening now → present tense
13. write → can be present (I write every day) → present tense
14. drew → happened before → past tense
15. will drive → going to happen → future tense
16. are → happening now → present tense

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Final Answer:

1. will go
2. writes
3. was
4. will sing
5. talked
6. spoke
7. will give
8. is reading

9. present tense
10. past tense
11. past tense
12. present tense
13. present tense
14. past tense
15. future tense
16. present tense