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Learners spend a lot of time studying different tenses so Busy Teacher has collected 1717 excellent worksheets on tenses and even sorted them into subcategories to make your search for the perfect worksheet even easier. Many teachers have devoted preparation time to this topic so that you do not have to. It is hard to choose a worksheet to examine but here is one that seems to be quite popular. The board game is designed to be a review of tenses and can therefore be used in any class. Students play the game in groups and must make a new sentence every turn. Other worksheets focus on specific tenses so one of them may be more appropriate if you are not currently in a review stage.
Where to begin? There are a lot of tenses that students need to learn during the course of their English studies. Their native language may determine how difficult students find this particular topic. Some languages are more similar to English than others and students who speak those languages will therefore have an easier time in your class. Tenses are almost always taught in the same order. Beginners start with present simple before learning the simple past and then simple future. As students progress they are introduced to more and more tenses until they have mastered them all.
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GRAMMAR TIP: What Is Tense?
A tense is a grammatical category that locates a situation in time, to indicate when the situation takes place. Some typical tenses are present, past, and future. Tense can make finer distinctions than simple past-present-future; past tenses for example can cover general past, immediate past, or distant past, with the only difference between them being the distance on the timeline between the temporal reference points. Such distinctions are not precise: an event may be described in the remote past because it feels remote to the speaker, not because a set number of days have passed since it happened; it may also be remote because it is being contrasted with another, more recent, past event. This is similar to other forms of deixis such as this and that.
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English Verb Tenses Table [For Spanish Speakers] English Verb Tenses Table [For Spanish Speakers]Grid of general English verb tenses with explanations in Spanish. From intermediate to upper-intermediate and advanced levels. There is only theory but not practice. There are also some tips and e ...
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Intermediate Upper Intermediate and Advanced
 
The Elephant Song [Present Simple Positive and Negative Practice] The Elephant Song [Present Simple Positive and Negative Practice]This exercise is based on the Elephant Song by Eric Herman. It practices using "doesn't" for the negative present simple tense (singular), and it practices using the correct form of the positive p ...
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Elementary
 
Elementary Revision Worksheet for Children Elementary Revision Worksheet for ChildrenThis is a worksheet I have prepared for my students. It includes:Complete with the words from the box Answers the questionsRevision of have and has got Match the two halves Make the questions. Th ...
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rated by 4 teachers

Elementary
 
My Birthday Party My Birthday PartyIt is a reading activity which can be used first as a dictation. The tense used is the simple past and tells us how a boy celebrated his birthday party. There are comprehension questions to check ...
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rated by 4 teachers

Elementary
 
Verb To Be Verb To BeThis is a worksheet for practicing verb to be. It includes 3 different tasks. Also, there is a white and black version. It brings a completion exercise and multiple choice exercise. It is very bas ...
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rated by 3 teachers

Complete Beginner Elementary Pre-Intermediate
 
What Did You Do Last Weekend? What Did You Do Last Weekend?This is a worksheet to practice Past Tense. There are 3 different tasks. You will have regular and irregular verbs. Students will be able to practice affirmative, negative and questions. I hope yo ...
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rated by 4 teachers

Elementary Pre-Intermediate
 
Daily Routine Cards Daily Routine CardsA worksheet with 20 cards containing hints to make questions about daily routines (present simple). Suitable for pairwork or group work. Extension: students can write down the full questions and ...
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rated by 2 teachers

Elementary Pre-Intermediate
 
Let's Talk About... Life Experiences Let's Talk About... Life ExperiencesThe aim of this exercise is to ask and answer questions using present perfect tense. The students have to choose the correct form of the verb and ask the questions and complete with their own and ...
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rated by 2 teachers

Intermediate Upper Intermediate and Advanced
 
Song Worksheet: Summer of 69 by Brian Adams Song Worksheet: Summer of 69 by Brian AdamsThis is a class designed for students to work with Simple Past irregular verbs and some of the regular ones. As it is also a good story the teacher may also have the opportunity to work text compr ...
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rated by 4 teachers

Pre-Intermediate
 
Present Perfect Questionnaire Present Perfect QuestionnaireThe activity is aimed at practising questions related to personal experience in Present Perfect in a form of a communicative activity. Each student in the group receives a questionnaire. All she/h ...
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rated by 2 teachers

Elementary Pre-Intermediate
 
Mafalda's World: Personal Information Worksheet [for Argentinian users] Mafalda's World: Personal Information Worksheet [for Argentinian users]A very nice and sweet character to make our students practise personal information.It includes verb to be and pronouns as well as adjectives. It is intended to introduce and practise 3rd person si ...
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rated by 2 teachers

Complete Beginner Elementary
 
How The Sun Was Made: Past Simple Worksheet How The Sun Was Made: Past Simple WorksheetThis is a worksheet for revising the past simple tense.Recommended for pre-intermediate students who are asked to read the aboriginal dreamtime story and fill in the gaps with the past simple of t ...
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rated by 3 teachers

Elementary Pre-Intermediate
 
Bullying: Reading Comprehension Test Bullying: Reading Comprehension TestThis is a reading comprehension test on Simple Past. Reading and answer the questions. Unscramble the words to build sentences. Mark the correct answer. Complete in the simple past. Choose the ri ...
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Intermediate
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