Verb Tenses — Past & Present (Year 2) | CGP Plus - Free Printable

Let’s go step by step to solve this homework task.

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Part 1: Identify the tense of each verb in the sentences (a–j)

We need to look at each sentence and decide if the verb is in past tense or present tense.

- Past tense = something that already happened (often has words like “yesterday”, “last night”, “rained”, etc.)
- Present tense = something happening now or regularly (often has no time word, or words like “always”, “every day”, or just the base verb with -s for third person)

Let’s go one by one:

a) *Yesterday I fell over.*
→ “fell” is past tense (and “yesterday” confirms it).
✔ Past tense

b) *I walk through the woods.*
→ “walk” is present tense (no time marker, simple action now or habitually).
✔ Present tense

c) *Alan mows the lawn.*
→ “mows” is present tense (third person singular — he does it regularly).
✔ Present tense

d) *Last night, I watched television.*
→ “watched” is past tense (“last night” confirms it).
✔ Past tense

e) *Birds sing outside the window.*
→ “sing” is present tense (general truth or habit).
✔ Present tense

f) *Laura drank a cup of tea.*
→ “drank” is past tense.
✔ Past tense

g) *Sarah takes a shower.*
→ “takes” is present tense (third person singular — she does it regularly).
✔ Present tense

h) *Tom shouted at his sister.*
→ “shouted” is past tense.
✔ Past tense

i) *I write a story.*
→ “write” is present tense (no time marker, could be happening now or as a habit).
✔ Present tense

j) *It rained heavily last Saturday.*
→ “rained” is past tense (“last Saturday” confirms it).
✔ Past tense

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Part 2: Extension — Complete the chart

We’re given either the present or past tense form, and we need to fill in the other.

Remember:
- Regular verbs add “-ed” for past tense (e.g., talk → talked)
- Some verbs are irregular (but none here are irregular except maybe “drank” from earlier — but not in this table)
- For present tense, if the subject is he/she/it, we often add “-s” (e.g., like → likes), but in this table, they’re giving us the base form or the conjugated form — let’s match them correctly.

Let’s fill each row:

a) present: *talk* → past: talked

b) past: *shouted* → present: shout (base form)

c) present: *likes* → past: liked (remove -s, add -ed)

d) past: *washed* → present: wash

e) present: *look* → past: looked

f) past: *knocked* → present: knock

g) present: *call* → past: called

h) past: *listened* → present: listen

All these are regular verbs, so we just add “-ed” for past, or remove “-ed” for present.

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Now, let’s compile all answers clearly.

Final Answer:
a) Past tense
b) Present tense
c) Present tense
d) Past tense
e) Present tense
f) Past tense
g) Present tense
h) Past tense
i) Present tense
j) Past tense

Extension:
a) talked
b) shout
c) liked
d) wash
e) looked
f) knock
g) called
h) listen