Verb Tenses 6 Worksheet - English Treasure Trove - Free Printable

Let's solve the verb tenses grid step by step. The task is to fill in the missing forms of the verbs in the correct tense columns: Simple Present, Present Continuous, Simple Past, and Present Perfect (has/have).

We are given a table with some entries filled in, and we need to complete the missing ones based on standard English verb conjugations.

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Step-by-step Analysis:

We'll go row by row and fill in the missing forms.

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#### 1. reach
- Simple Present: reach
- Present Continuous: reaching ✔
- Simple Past: reached ✔
- Present Perfect: reached ✔

✔ Complete.

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#### 2. receive
- Simple Present: receive
- Present Continuous: receiving ✘ (missing)
- Simple Past: received ✔
- Present Perfect: remembered ✘ → This is incorrect! It should be received, not "remembered".

Wait — this seems like an error in the table. Let’s check:
- The verb is receive, so:
- Present Perfect: has/have received

But it says remembered, which is for *remember*, not *receive*. So likely a typo.

So correct entry:
- Present Perfect: received

But let's move on and see if that fits elsewhere.

Wait — look at the next row.

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#### 3. reply (replies)
- Simple Present: reply (or replies – plural form)
- Present Continuous: ______ → Missing
- Simple Past: replied ✔
- Present Perfect: rescued ✘ → Again, mismatch!

"Rescued" is for *rescue*, not *reply*.

So clearly, there are errors in the table.

Let’s re-express the rows correctly.

Looking at the column headers and content, it appears that each row corresponds to a verb, and the four columns are its tenses.

But in several rows, the Present Perfect column has verbs that don't match the base verb.

For example:
- For receive, Present Perfect is remembered → wrong.
- For reply, Present Perfect is rescued → wrong.
- For save, Present Perfect is seen → wrong.
- For set, Present Perfect is sent → wrong.

This suggests that the Present Perfect column may have been mixed up with other verbs.

But wait — look carefully at the second row:
- Verb: receive
- Present Continuous: blank
- Simple Past: received
- Present Perfect: remembered

But “remembered” is not related to “receive”.

Similarly:
- Row 4: ride
- Present Continuous: running → no, that’s for *run*
- Simple Past: rode ✔
- Present Perfect: run → but that’s not past participle of *ride*

Wait — here's the issue: the Present Continuous and Present Perfect columns seem to have incorrect verbs.

Let’s look at the third row:
- Verb: reply(replies)
- Present Continuous: rescuing → again, that’s *rescue*, not *reply*
- Simple Past: replied ✔
- Present Perfect: rescued → again, *rescue*

This suggests that the entire grid is misaligned or contains errors.

But then look at row 5: ride
- Present Continuous: running → wrong, should be riding
- Simple Past: rode ✔
- Present Perfect: run → should be ridden

Ah! So "running" and "run" are from *run*, not *ride*.

Similarly:
- save → Present Continuous: seeing → no, should be saving
- sell → Present Continuous: sending → no, should be selling
- set → Present Continuous: sharing → no, should be setting
- sing → Present Continuous: sitting → no, should be singing
- sleep → Present Continuous: ______ → missing
- spend → Present Continuous: ______ → missing

Now I see the pattern.

It looks like the Present Continuous and Present Perfect columns have been filled with unrelated verbs.

But wait — perhaps the table is meant to be completed using the correct forms, and the existing entries are clues, but some are wrong?

Alternatively, maybe the rows are not all for the same verb? But that doesn’t make sense.

Wait — look at the first row:
- reach → reaching, reached, reached ✔

Second row:
- receive → ?, received, remembered → “remembered” is not the past participle of “receive”

But “receive” → past participle is received, not “remembered”.

So unless it's a typo, this is wrong.

But notice: “remembered” is the past participle of remember, and “rescued” is for rescue, etc.

Wait — what if the Present Perfect column is actually showing the past participle of the verb, but the verb in the row is different?

No, that can't be.

Alternatively, perhaps the grid is scrambled and we're supposed to match the correct forms?

But the instruction says: *"Fill in the grid using the correct form of the verb."*

And the first column is labeled Simple Present, so each row is a verb.

Let’s try to reconstruct each row correctly.

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Let’s fix each row properly.

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#### 1. reach
- Simple Present: reach
- Present Continuous: reaching
- Simple Past: reached
- Present Perfect: has/have reached

✔ All correct.

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#### 2. receive
- Simple Present: receive
- Present Continuous: receiving ← missing
- Simple Past: received
- Present Perfect: has/have received ← but table says "remembered" → error

So correct: receiving, received

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#### 3. reply (replies)
- Simple Present: reply (or replies)
- Present Continuous: replying ← missing
- Simple Past: replied
- Present Perfect: has/have replied ← but table says "rescued" → error

So correct: replying, replied

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#### 4. ride
- Simple Present: ride
- Present Continuous: riding ← but table says "running" → error
- Simple Past: rode
- Present Perfect: has/have ridden ← but table says "run" → error

So correct: riding, ridden

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#### 5. save
- Simple Present: save
- Present Continuous: saving ← but table says "seeing" → error
- Simple Past: saved
- Present Perfect: has/have saved ← but table says "seen" → error

So correct: saving, saved

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#### 6. sell
- Simple Present: sell
- Present Continuous: selling ← but table says "sending" → error
- Simple Past: sold
- Present Perfect: has/have sold ← but table says "sent" → error

So correct: selling, sold

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#### 7. set
- Simple Present: set
- Present Continuous: setting ← but table says "sharing" → error
- Simple Past: set
- Present Perfect: has/have set ← but table says "shared" → error

So correct: setting, set

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#### 8. sing
- Simple Present: sing
- Present Continuous: singing ← but table says "sitting" → error
- Simple Past: sang
- Present Perfect: has/have sung ← but table says "sat" → error

So correct: singing, sung

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#### 9. sleep
- Simple Present: sleep
- Present Continuous: sleeping ← missing
- Simple Past: slept
- Present Perfect: has/have slept ← but table says "sounded" → error

So correct: sleeping, slept

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#### 10. spend
- Simple Present: spend
- Present Continuous: spending ← missing
- Simple Past: spent
- Present Perfect: has/have spent ← but table says "sounded" → error

So correct: spending, spent

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Summary of Errors:

The Present Continuous and Present Perfect columns contain incorrect verbs — they appear to be mixed up with other verbs.

For example:
- "running", "seeing", "sending", "sharing", "sitting", "sounded" — these are from run, see, send, share, sit, sound, not from the verbs in the row.

So the only correct entries are:
- reach: all correct
- receive: simple past correct, others wrong
- reply: simple past correct, others wrong
- ride: simple past correct, others wrong
- save: simple past correct, others wrong
- sell: simple past correct, others wrong
- set: simple past correct, others wrong
- sing: simple past and present perfect (but "sat" is wrong — should be "sung")
- sleep: simple past correct, others wrong
- spend: simple past correct, others wrong

But wait — in sing, the Present Perfect says "sat", which is past of *sit*, not *sing*.

So the entire Present Perfect column is filled with wrong verbs.

Likely, the worksheet has a printing error or misalignment.

But the task is to fill in the grid using the correct form of the verb.

So we must assume that the verb in the first column is correct, and we fill in the missing forms accordingly.

Let’s list the correct forms for each verb:

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Corrected Grid:

| Simple Present | Present Continuous | Simple Past | Present Perfect (has/have) |
|----------------|--------------------|-------------|----------------------------|
| reach | reaching | reached | has/have reached |
| receive | receiving | received | has/have received |
| reply | replying | replied | has/have replied |
| ride | riding | rode | has/have ridden |
| save | saving | saved | has/have saved |
| sell | selling | sold | has/have sold |
| set | setting | set | has/have set |
| sing | singing | sang | has/have sung |
| sleep | sleeping | slept | has/have slept |
| spend | spending | spent | has/have spent |

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Now, identify the missing entries in the original table:

From the original image:

- receive: Present Continuous = ___ → fill with receiving
- reply: Present Continuous = rescuing → wrong, should be replying
- ride: Present Continuous = running → wrong, should be riding
- save: Present Continuous = seeing → wrong, should be saving
- sell: Present Continuous = sending → wrong, should be selling
- set: Present Continuous = sharing → wrong, should be setting
- sing: Present Continuous = sitting → wrong, should be singing
- sleep: Present Continuous = ___ → fill with sleeping
- spend: Present Continuous = ___ → fill with spending

Also, Present Perfect column is full of wrong verbs:
- receive: "remembered" → should be received
- reply: "rescued" → should be replied
- ride: "run" → should be ridden
- save: "seen" → should be saved
- sell: "sent" → should be sold
- set: "shared" → should be set
- sing: "sat" → should be sung
- sleep: "sounded" → should be slept
- spend: "sounded" → should be spent

But the instruction says: *"Fill in the grid using the correct form of the verb."*

So we assume the first column is correct, and we only fill in the blanks.

Looking at the original:

- Only two blanks are actually missing:
- receive: Present Continuous = ___ → fill with receiving
- sleep: Present Continuous = ___ → fill with sleeping
- spend: Present Continuous = ___ → fill with spending

Wait — spend has no entry in Present Continuous, so it's missing.

But sleep also has no entry in Present Continuous.

So only three blanks:
- receive → Present Continuous: receiving
- sleep → Present Continuous: sleeping
- spend → Present Continuous: spending

All other entries are either filled incorrectly or are correct (like "reaching", "reached", etc.).

But the Present Perfect column has many incorrect entries, but since they’re not blanks, we may not be expected to correct them — just fill in the blanks.

So the only blanks are:
- receive → Present Continuous: receiving
- sleep → Present Continuous: sleeping
- spend → Present Continuous: spending

Wait — let’s double-check the original table:

Looking at the image:

- receive:
- Present Continuous: blank → fill with receiving
- reply:
- Present Continuous: rescuing → this is wrong, but not blank
- ride:
- Present Continuous: running → wrong, not blank
- save:
- Present Continuous: seeing → wrong, not blank
- sell:
- Present Continuous: sending → wrong, not blank
- set:
- Present Continuous: sharing → wrong, not blank
- sing:
- Present Continuous: sitting → wrong, not blank
- sleep:
- Present Continuous: blank → fill with sleeping
- spend:
- Present Continuous: blank → fill with spending

So only three blanks to fill:
1. receive → receiving
2. sleep → sleeping
3. spend → spending

But the other entries in the table are incorrect — likely due to a printing error.

However, since the task is to fill in the blanks, we do that.

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Final Answer:

Fill in the blanks:

- receive → Present Continuous: receiving
- sleep → Present Continuous: sleeping
- spend → Present Continuous: spending

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Explanation:

The exercise is testing knowledge of verb tenses. The Present Continuous tense is formed with be + verb-ing.

So:
- receive → receiving
- sleep → sleeping
- spend → spending

Even though other entries in the table are incorrect (e.g., "rescuing" for "reply"), we only fill in the blanks as per instructions.

Therefore, the correct answers are:

> receiving, sleeping, spending

These go into the Present Continuous column for the respective verbs.

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✔ Final Solution:

| Simple Present | Present Continuous | Simple Past | Present Perfect |
|----------------|--------------------|-------------|------------------|
| reach | reaching | reached | reached |
| receive | receiving | received | received |
| reply | rescuing | replied | rescued |
| ride | running | rode | run |
| save | seeing | saved | seen |
| sell | sending | sold | sent |
| set | sharing | set | shared |
| sing | sitting | sang | sat |
| sleep | sleeping | slept | sounded |
| spend | spending | spent | sounded |

⚠️ Note: Despite the errors in the table (e.g., "rescuing" for "reply", "sounded" for "sleep"), we only fill the blanks with correct forms.

So the answers to fill in are:

- receiving
- sleeping
- spending

These are the correct Present Continuous forms of receive, sleep, and spend.