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Class 5 Verbs and Tenses worksheet

CBSE English. Simple present, past and future, present and past continuous, and past forms of verbs. Every sheet has 20 questions in three sections and an answer key, and the words change every time.

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Sample questions

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Section A · multiple choice

  1. 1.

    Choose the right form of the verb: My grandfather ____ (eat) idlis on Saturdays.

    1. eating
    2. eat
    3. to eat
    4. eats
    Answer

    (d) eats

    simple present: something done often: base verb, with -s or -es for he, she, it and one person

  2. 2.

    Choose the right form of the verb: Arjun ____ (dance) in the hall yesterday evening.

    1. dances
    2. dancing
    3. danced
    4. will dance
    Answer

    (c) danced

    simple past: something finished in the past: the past form

  3. 3.

    What is the past form of “eat”?

    1. eats
    2. eating
    3. eated
    4. ate
    Answer

    (d) ate

    eat → ate

Section B · short answer

  1. 4.

    Write the past form of each verb: (a) catch (b) climb (c) make (d) paint

    Answer

    (a) caught; (b) climbed; (c) made; (d) painted

    catch → caught; climb → climbed; make → made; paint → painted

  2. 5.

    Fill in the right form of the verb in brackets: I ____ (make: simple present) tea every morning.

    Answer

    make

    simple present: something done often: base verb, with -s or -es for he, she, it and one person

Section C · long answer

  1. 6.

    Fill in each blank with the right form of the verb in brackets: (1) My friends ____ (sing: simple future) a rhyme tomorrow. (2) At seven o’clock yesterday evening, he ____ (read: past continuous) a comic. (3) Rohan ____ (catch: simple past) the bus last week. (4) The children ____ (sing: present continuous) a rhyme at the moment.

    Answer

    (1) will sing; (2) was reading; (3) caught; (4) are singing

    simple future; past continuous; simple past; present continuous

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