2011-12

ENGLISH REVISION WORKSHEET- VERB TENSES

GRADE-3 (2023-2024)

Note for parents: Worksheets are basically for reinforcement with sample questions on
the topics. Kindly avoid taking printouts and help your child to solve the worksheets at
home in a notebook.

QI Choose the correct tense and fill in the blanks

1. The man ______ on to the terrace last night.

a. climbs
b. climbed
c. climbing

2. Prita ______ for her audition every evening.

a. practicing
b. practiced
c. practices

3. I ______ my work each day before I go to sleep.

a. revise
b. revising
c. revises

4. Father is angry with Tom as he ______ online video games all the time.
a. played
b. plays
c. will play

5. I will be happy if I go ______, along with the fishermen.

a. fishing
b. fishes
c. fish

QII Choose the correct auxiliary verbs given in the brackets:

1.Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ___________ (is /are) an interesting book to be read.
2.Our teachers ___________ (has / have) taught us good values of life.
3.The policemen ________ (has / have) their rule books in their hands.
4.There _________ (were / was) no tables and chairs in the room.
5.Sita completed the whole project quickly because it ________ (was / were) very interesting.
Q III Fill in the blanks with suitable verbs from the brackets:

a) Tina jumped and ______________ the ball. (catch / caught)

b) Every morning Ravi ________to work on his scooty. (went / goes)

c) We _________around the house and caught the kittens. (run / ran)

d) Tomorrow, Gita _________________ bread with butter for breakfast. (will eat / eat)

e) The earth ____________ on its axis. (rotates / will rotate)

f) Alia and Amin _______________fresh vegetables yesterday. (buy / bought)

QIV Do as directed:
1. Jane does her work on time. (Change into simple future tense.)
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2. I order snacks for my relatives. (Change into simple past tense.)
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3. Mother cooked meal for her neighbour’s children. (Change into simple present tense.)
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4. Your brothers combed their hair before bed. (Change into simple future tense.)
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5. Nina went to school in her car. (Change into simple present tense.)

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6. Sarah helps Tina with her homework every day. (Change into simple past tense.)

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QV Fill in the story with the correct tense of the verb given in the brackets.
(Note-The story should be written in the same tense throughout.)

The Ant and the Grasshopper

The ant and the grasshopper ___________ (are) good friends. In summer

the ant _________ (work) hard and _________ (fill) his storage with food.

Meanwhile the grasshopper ________ (enjoy) the fine weather and

_________ (play) all day. When winter __________ (come) the ant ________(is) lying cozily in

his home, ___________ (surround) by food he had ___________ (store) during the summer.

While the grasshopper was in his home hungry and freezing. He __________ (ask) the ant for

food, and the ant gave him some. But it wasn’t enough to last the entire winter.

When he _______ (try) to ask the ant again, the latter replied: “I’m sorry my friend but my food is

just enough for my family to last until the end of winter. If I give you more, we too will starve. We

_______ (have) the entire summer to prepare for the winter but you chose to play instead.”