Year 5 Verb Tenses: Past, Present and Future Worksheet — Level 3 — Answers
Answer sheet with model answers and success criteria for the Year 5 verbs & tenses worksheet.
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Circle past, present or future.
1.Is this sentence in the past, present or future tense? We catch the bus at eight.
- Apast
- Bpresent
- Cfuture
Answer: present
The verb tells us it happens now (or often).
2.Is this sentence in the past, present or future tense? I am drawing a dragon.
- Apast
- Bpresent
- Cfuture
Answer: present
The verb tells us it happens now (or often).
3.Is this sentence in the past, present or future tense? He will be eating dinner soon.
- Apast
- Bpresent
- Cfuture
Answer: future
will shows the future.
4.Is this sentence in the past, present or future tense? We caught the bus.
- Apast
- Bpresent
- Cfuture
Answer: past
The verb tells us it already happened.
5.Is this sentence in the past, present or future tense? The children are laughing.
- Apast
- Bpresent
- Cfuture
Answer: present
The verb tells us it happens now (or often).
6.Is this sentence in the past, present or future tense? I drew a dragon.
- Apast
- Bpresent
- Cfuture
Answer: past
The verb tells us it already happened.
7.Is this sentence in the past, present or future tense? The children will laugh at the clown.
- Apast
- Bpresent
- Cfuture
Answer: future
will shows the future.
8.Is this sentence in the past, present or future tense? The children were laughing.
- Apast
- Bpresent
- Cfuture
Answer: past
The verb tells us it already happened.
9.Is this sentence in the past, present or future tense? She will sing at the concert.
- Apast
- Bpresent
- Cfuture
Answer: future
will shows the future.
10.Is this sentence in the past, present or future tense? She was singing a song.
- Apast
- Bpresent
- Cfuture
Answer: past
The verb tells us it already happened.
11.Is this sentence in the past, present or future tense? They brought snacks.
- Apast
- Bpresent
- Cfuture
Answer: past
The verb tells us it already happened.
12.Is this sentence in the past, present or future tense? I will draw a dragon later.
- Apast
- Bpresent
- Cfuture
Answer: future
will shows the future.
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