Grade 3 English Language Arts — Simple past, present and future
Recognize 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.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.
3.Last night we ____ a film at home.
- a) will watch
- b) watch
- c) watches
- d) watched
4.I think it ____ tomorrow, so carry an umbrella.
- a) rains
- b) raining
- c) rained
- d) will rain
5.Complete with the simple present of "have": My sister ____ two pens.
6.Every morning Ravi ____ a glass of milk.
- a) drinking
- b) will drink
- c) drank
- d) drinks
7.Sort each sentence by its tense.
Groups: Simple present · Simple past · Simple future
- They played cricket last Sunday.
- She walked to school yesterday.
- They will play cricket next Sunday.
- She will walk to school tomorrow.
- They play cricket on Sundays.
- She walks to school every day.
8.Sort each verb form by its tense.
Groups: Simple present · Simple past
- ran
- took
- eats
- sees
- ate
- runs
- saw
- takes
Answer key — Grade 3 English Language Arts — Simple past, present and future
- 1. went
- 2. d) I will eat rice.
- 3. d) watched
- 4. d) will rain
- 5. has
- 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. eats → Simple present; ate → Simple past; runs → Simple present; ran → Simple past; sees → Simple present; saw → Simple past; takes → Simple present; took → Simple past