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Class 6 English — Simple past, present and future

Recognise and form the simple present, simple past and simple future of a verb.

Name: ________________________

  1. 1.Last night we ____ a film at home.

    • a) will watch
    • b) watched
    • c) watches
    • d) watch

  2. 2.Put the parts in order to make one correct sentence.

    • last Sunday.
    • visited
    • our grandparents
    • We

  3. 3.Which sentence is in the simple future?

    • a) I ate rice.
    • b) I eat rice.
    • c) I am eating rice.
    • d) I will eat rice.

  4. 4.Sort each sentence by its tense.

    Groups: Simple present · Simple past · Simple future

    • They played cricket last Sunday.
    • They play cricket on Sundays.
    • She walks to school every day.
    • She walked to school yesterday.
    • She will walk to school tomorrow.
    • They will play cricket next Sunday.

  5. 5.Complete with the simple future of "help": They ____ us tomorrow.

  6. 6.Rani ____ her homework every evening.

    • a) do
    • b) does
    • c) will do
    • d) did

  7. 7.Every morning Ravi ____ a glass of milk.

    • a) drank
    • b) drinks
    • c) will drink
    • d) drinking

  8. 8.Match each verb to its simple past form.

    • teach
    • catch
    • think
    • bring
    • speak
    • write
    • wrote
    • brought
    • spoke
    • caught
    • taught
    • thought

Answer key — Class 6 English — Simple past, present and future

  1. 1. b) watched
  2. 2. 1. We 2. visited 3. our grandparents 4. last Sunday.
  3. 3. d) I will eat rice.
  4. 4. 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
  5. 5. will help
  6. 6. b) does
  7. 7. b) drinks
  8. 8. teach → taught; catch → caught; think → thought; bring → brought; speak → spoke; write → wrote