Tense Worksheet

Tense

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Identify the tense

Use the correct tense in our writing

Tense tells us when something is happening or going on. There are three main tenses: past, present, and future.

Fill in the missing words.

Past Tense	Present Tense	Future Tense
did	do	will do
forgot	forgetting	I Will forget
broke	breaking	Will break
tried	trying	Will try
hoped	hoping	shall hope
rang	ringing	will ring
speaking	speaking	will speak
wrote	writing	will write
flew	flying	Will fly
Studied	Studying	Will study
I went	going	Will go
spoke	speaking	Will speak
read	reading	Will read
ate	eating	Will eat
cried	crying	Will cry

Today as part of Writing Tamaki were filling the worksheet above which had three main tense. These three tense are Past, Present, Future tense. For example ate is the past tense, eating is the present tense and will eat is the future tense. It is important to use the right tense for a specific type of story. If your writing a recount you use past tense and if your writing a explanation you use present tense.