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Reading & writing · Grades 3–6

Verb tenses and time clues

Yesterday, now and tomorrow help identify the intended tense.

Make a worksheet

Understand the idea

Use time clues

Yesterday, now and tomorrow help identify the intended tense.

Keep the sequence clear

Change tense when the time changes, not accidentally.

Check irregular forms

Some past forms do not end in ed.

Worked examples

Choose the simple past: Yesterday we ___ the answer.

Found is the simple past of find.

found

Write the simple past of catch.

Catch has an irregular past form.

caught

Try it yourself

  1. Write the simple past of write.

  2. Choose the present continuous: The pupils ___ a mural now.

    1. was paint
    2. are painting
    3. painted
    4. has painted

  3. Choose the future construction: Tomorrow I ___ the parcel.

    1. collecting
    2. will collect
    3. has collected
    4. collected

  4. Which sentence uses the present perfect?

    1. They finish the puzzle.
    2. They have finished the puzzle.
    3. They were finishing the puzzle.
    4. They will finish the puzzle.

Answers and marking notes

Answers and marking notes
  1. wrote

    Wrote is the simple past; written is the past participle.

  2. are painting

    Are plus the ing form expresses the ongoing action.

  3. will collect

    Will collect refers to the future here.

  4. They have finished the puzzle.

    Have plus the past participle forms the present perfect.

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