Tenses Worksheet: Identifying Past, Present, and Future Verbs
Identifying whether an underlined verb describes something that already happened, is happening now, or will happen later introduces children ages 4-6 to verb tense, an important step toward constructing grammatically correct sentences of their own.
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How to use this worksheet
Read the first sentence aloud together and point out the underlined verb. Ask your child whether the action happened in the past, is happening now, or will happen later, using time-clue words in the sentence as hints. Have them write the verb in the matching tense box, then continue through the remaining sentences, discussing each one before writing the answer.
Materials needed
- Pencil
Extension activities
- •Take turns saying a sentence in past, present, and future tense about the same action.
- •Look through a picture book and pick out verbs, sorting them by tense together.
- •Play a charades game where your child acts out a verb and names its tense.
- •Write a three-panel comic strip showing 'yesterday,' 'today,' and 'tomorrow' versions of an action.
Tips for parents and teachers
Time-clue words like 'yesterday,' 'now,' and 'tomorrow' are the biggest hint your child has, so help them find those words in each sentence first. Expect some mix-ups with irregular past-tense verbs, like 'goed' instead of 'went' — gently model the correct form rather than simply marking it wrong.
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Hemsweta Jain · Teacher Cheena
MBA and Early Childhood Educator, teaching since 2014 · Founder of RaisoActive, Mumbai
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