

This Grade 2 grammar worksheet focuses on identifying and using present tense and past tense verbs correctly in everyday sentences. Designed especially for young learners, it builds a strong foundation in verb tenses through clear, age-appropriate activities. The worksheet covers the topic “Verb Tense Mix: Identify Present vs Past” and helps students understand how actions can happen now, every day, or in the past. Children practice recognizing tense forms and applying them correctly in context.
Learners engage with multiple task types such as multiple choice questions, true and false identification, fill in the blanks, sentence rewriting, and guided paragraph writing. These varied exercises keep students interested while reinforcing the same core grammar skill.
By working through real-life examples and short passages, students learn to notice time clues like yesterday, daily, now, and last year, which support correct tense usage. This practical approach improves both accuracy and confidence in sentence construction.
Verb tenses help children understand when an action happens—now, regularly, or in the past. For Grade 2 learners, learning present and past tense verbs is important because:
1. It helps them describe daily routines and past events clearly.
2. It improves sentence meaning and accuracy.
3. It supports better reading comprehension using time words.
4. It builds a strong foundation for correct writing and speaking.
This worksheet includes five engaging grammar activities that strengthen understanding of present and past tense verbs:
Exercise 1 – Multiple Choice Questions (Present vs Past)
Students choose the correct sentence by identifying whether the action is in the present tense or past tense.
Exercise 2 – True or False
Students read each sentence and mark whether the verb tense used is correct or incorrect.
Exercise 3 – Fill in the Blanks
Students complete sentences using the correct present or past tense form of the given verb.
Exercise 4 – Rewrite the Sentences
Students rewrite sentences by changing them from present tense to past tense or from past tense to present tense as instructed.
Exercise 5 – Paragraph Writing (Guided Fill-in)
Students read a short passage and fill in the blanks using tense instructions, helping them apply verb tense rules in context.
Exercise 1 – Multiple Choice (Present vs Past)
1. b
2. a
3. b
4. b
5. a
6. a
7. b
8. a
9. a
10. b
Exercise 2 – True or False
1. T
2. F
3. F
4. T
5. F
6. F
7. T
8. F
9. T
10. T
Exercise 3 – Fill in the Blanks
1. plants
2. closed
3. sleeps
4. locked
5. drinks
6. painted
7. moves
8. ran
9. cooked
10. pays
Exercise 4 – Rewrite the Sentences
1. Aarohi sang a song in the class.
2. Ramesh repairs bikes in his shop.
3. The nurse checked patients every day.
4. Children play games at the picnic.
5. The postman delivers letters.
6. We travelled by train to Delhi.
7. The tailor stitches clothes quickly.
8. The rain fell heavily on the roof.
9. The clerk types reports.
10. The shop opened early in the morning.
Exercise 5 – Paragraph Fill in the Blanks
woke, prepares, packed, waits, greet, enters, started, opened, answered, writes, played
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A verb tense shows when an action happens, such as past, present, or future, helping children form correct sentences.
Young learners often mix time words, so guided practice builds clarity and confidence in grammar usage.
It helps early learners write clear sentences by matching actions with correct time words.