Year 6 English — Simple past, present and future
Recognise and form the simple present, simple past and simple future of a verb.
Name: ________________________
1.Complete with the simple past of "go": Yesterday she ____ to the library.
2.Rani ____ her homework every evening.
- a) do
- b) will do
- c) does
- d) did
3.Sort each verb form by its tense.
Groups: Simple present · Simple past
- eats
- takes
- saw
- took
- runs
- ate
- ran
- sees
4.Last night we ____ a film at home.
- a) watches
- b) will watch
- c) watched
- d) watch
5.Match each verb to its simple past form.
- teach
- catch
- think
- bring
- speak
- write
- wrote
- taught
- spoke
- thought
- brought
- caught
6.Every morning Ravi ____ a glass of milk.
- a) drank
- b) drinking
- c) will drink
- d) drinks
7.Sort each sentence by its tense.
Groups: Simple present · Simple past · Simple future
- They play cricket on Sundays.
- She will walk to school tomorrow.
- She walks to school every day.
- They will play cricket next Sunday.
- They played cricket last Sunday.
- She walked to school yesterday.
8.Complete with the simple future of "help": They ____ us tomorrow.
Answer key — Year 6 English — Simple past, present and future
- 1. went
- 2. c) does
- 3. eats → Simple present; ate → Simple past; runs → Simple present; ran → Simple past; sees → Simple present; saw → Simple past; takes → Simple present; took → Simple past
- 4. c) watched
- 5. teach → taught; catch → caught; think → thought; bring → brought; speak → spoke; write → wrote
- 6. d) drinks
- 7. She walks to school every day. → Simple present; She walked to school yesterday. → Simple past; She will walk to school tomorrow. → Simple future; They play cricket on Sundays. → Simple present; They played cricket last Sunday. → Simple past; They will play cricket next Sunday. → Simple future
- 8. will help