Verbs: Past, Present, Future Primary Worksheets | Student Handouts - Free Printable

Let’s solve this step by step.

We are given three verbs: to walk, to run, and to dance.
For each verb, we need to write its past, present, and future forms — based on the example sentences provided.

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Step 1: Look at “Verb: to walk”

Sentences:
- He walked to the store. → This is past tense.
- He is walking to the park. → This is present continuous (but for simple present, we use “walks” or “walk” depending on subject — here, since it’s “he”, it would be “walks”, but in the table, they likely want the base form for present? Wait — let’s check the pattern.)

Actually, looking at the table structure:

The table has columns: Verb | Past | Present | Future

And under “Verb”, it says “to walk”, “to run”, “to dance” — these are infinitives.

So for each, we need to fill in:

- Past: what you did yesterday
- Present: what you do now (simple present)
- Future: what you will do tomorrow

But look at the example sentences:

For “to walk”:
- walked → past
- is walking → present continuous (not simple present)
- will walk → future

Wait — but in the table, they probably expect the simple forms.

Let’s check the other examples.

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Step 2: Look at “Verb: to run”

Sentences:
- She ran to catch the bus. → past
- She will run at the track meet this weekend. → future
- She is running faster than anyone. → present continuous

Again, same pattern.

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Step 3: Look at “Verb: to dance”

Sentences:
- They are dancing a waltz. → present continuous
- They danced all night. → past
- They will dance at the ball. → future

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Now, notice that in all cases, the past form is the simple past (walked, ran, danced).

The future form is always “will + base verb” (will walk, will run, will dance).

The present form in the sentences is shown as present continuous (“is walking”, “is running”, “are dancing”) — BUT in grammar tables like this, when they say “Present”, they often mean the simple present form.

However, let’s look at the directions again:

> Write the correct form of each verb in the corresponding box above.

And the boxes are labeled: Past, Present, Future.

In the example sentences, for present, they used continuous forms — but that might be just to show usage. For the table, we should use the standard conjugated forms.

Standard forms:

For “to walk”:
- Past: walked
- Present: walks (for he/she/it) or walk (for I/you/we/they) — but since the verb is listed as “to walk”, and no subject is given, we usually put the base form for present? No — wait, in such tables, “Present” usually means the third person singular if it’s regular, but actually, let’s think.

Looking at common worksheets like this, for irregular verbs, they list:

Example: go → went (past), goes (present), will go (future)

But here, all verbs are regular except “run”.

“Run” is irregular: run → ran → run

Wait — let’s clarify:

Actually, for the table, since the verb is given as “to [verb]”, the “Present” column likely expects the base form used with plural subjects or “I/you/we/they”, OR sometimes they expect the third person singular. But let’s see the context.

Look at the sentence: “He is walking” — that’s not simple present. Simple present would be “He walks”.

But in the directions, it says: “What tense does the verb in the sentence use?” — so they’re pointing out the tense from the sentence.

Perhaps for the table, we should extract the exact form used in the sentence for each tense.

Let’s try that approach.

For “to walk”:
- In past sentence: “walked” → so Past = walked
- In present sentence: “is walking” — but that’s two words. The verb form is “walking”, but that’s participle. Hmm.

This is confusing.

Alternative approach: In most elementary worksheets, for such tables, they expect:

- Past: simple past form
- Present: simple present form (usually third person singular for consistency, or base form — but let’s check standard practice)

I recall that in many K-6 worksheets, for a verb like “walk”, they put:

Past: walked
Present: walks (if focusing on he/she/it) or walk — but since the subject isn’t specified, perhaps they want the base form for present? No.

Let’s look for clues in the image description.

The user said: "Free K-12 Worksheets and More" — so this is for young students.

In such contexts, for the “Present” column, they often expect the form used with “he/she/it” — i.e., adds -s.

For example:
- walk → walks
- run → runs
- dance → dances

And for past:
- walk → walked
- run → ran (irregular)
- dance → danced

Future: will + base verb

Also, in the future sentences, it’s “will walk”, “will run”, “will dance” — so future is “will” + base verb.

For present, even though the example sentences use continuous, the table likely wants simple present.

Moreover, in the directions, it says: “Write the correct form of each verb in the corresponding box above.” — implying the standard conjugated forms.

Let me confirm with “run”:

If present is “runs”, then for “she runs”, which is simple present.

In the sentence, they have “She is running” — which is different, but that’s to illustrate present continuous, not to define the “Present” column.

I think the safe assumption is:

For each verb, fill:

- Past: simple past form
- Present: simple present form (third person singular, since that’s commonly used in such tables)
- Future: “will” + base verb

So:

to walk:
- Past: walked
- Present: walks
- Future: will walk

to run:
- Past: ran
- Present: runs
- Future: will run

to dance:
- Past: danced
- Present: dances
- Future: will dance

But let’s double-check “run” — is “runs” correct for present? Yes, for he/she/it.

And in the table, since no subject is given, using third person singular is standard.

Some worksheets use the base form for present, but that would be inconsistent because “walk” vs “walks” — but in this case, since the verb is listed as “to walk”, the present form should be conjugated.

Another way: look at the first row — “to walk” — if present were “walk”, then for “he walk” is wrong; it should be “he walks”. So likely, they want “walks”.

Similarly, “she runs”, “they dance” — but “they dance” is base form, while “he dances” is with -s.

To avoid confusion, perhaps the worksheet expects the form that matches the subject in the example, but the examples don't specify for simple present.

I found a better way: in the future column, it's clearly "will" + base verb.

For past, it's the past form from the sentence.

For present, since the sentence uses continuous, but the column is "Present", and in grammar, "present tense" can include simple present, and for filling tables, it's usually simple present third person.

Moreover, I recall seeing similar worksheets where for "eat", they put: ate, eats, will eat.

So I'll go with that.

Final decision:

| Verb | Past | Present | Future |
|----------|---------|---------|------------|
| to walk | walked | walks | will walk |
| to run | ran | runs | will run |
| to dance | danced | dances | will dance |

But let's verify "run": past is "ran", present is "runs", future "will run" — yes.

"dance": past "danced", present "dances", future "will dance" — yes.

"walk": past "walked", present "walks", future "will walk" — yes.

I think this is correct.

Final Answer:
| Verb | Past | Present | Future |
|----------|---------|---------|------------|
| to walk | walked | walks | will walk |
| to run | ran | runs | will run |
| to dance | danced | dances | will dance |