Identify the Past, Present and Future Tenses

In this worksheet, students will identify whether sentences are in the past, present or future tense.

Key stage: KS 2

Year: Year 4 English worksheets

Curriculum topic: Writing: Vocabulary, Grammar and Punctuation

Curriculum subtopic: Tense Awareness

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Worksheet Overview

The word tense comes from the Latin word for time, and it is used to show when actions are taking place.

The present tense is used for things that are happening now or happen regularly.

boy on bike

Jamie is riding his bike.

Jamie rides his bike every day.

The past tense is used for things that have already happened.

Jamie rode his bike to school yesterday.

The future tense is used for things that are going to happen.

Jamie will ride his bike to school tomorrow.

Jamie is going to ride his bike to school tomorrow.

In this activity, we will be working out which tense sentences are written in. Let's get started.

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