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Grade 5 Progressive & Perfect Tenses Worksheet with Answers

Grade 5 (US) · Year 6 (UK) · Class 5 (India) · English

Unit 1: Grammar & UsagePerfect TensesCCSS L.5.1b

Forming and naming progressive and perfect tenses, and fixing tense shifts. This free upper elementary worksheet has 12 questions and a full answer key. Print it or save it as a PDF — every answer is checked by code, not guessed.

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Progressive & Perfect Tenses

Grade 5 · English

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Learning goal: Perfect Tenses · CCSS L.5.1b

Directions: This worksheet has 2 parts. Read the instructions at the start of each part.

Example

Name the tense: 'I will be waiting for you.'

Answer: future progressive

RememberVerb tenses

Pastwalked, ranPresentwalk(s), run(s)Futurewill walk, will runIrregular verbs change shape: go → went, eat → ate, see → saw
Part A

Name the tense:

  1. 1

    They have been waiting for an hour.

  2. 2

    She is reading a book.

  3. 3

    She had left before the bus came.

  4. 4

    I have finished my homework.

  5. 5

    By June, we will have finished school.

Part B

Fill in each blank.

  1. 6

    Write the past perfect of 'see': 'I the movie before.'

  2. 7

    Write the past progressive of 'sleep': 'The baby when we arrived.'

  3. 8

    Fix the tense shift: 'Yesterday I walk to the store and bought milk.'

  4. 9

    Write the present perfect of 'eat': 'We lunch already.'

  5. 10

    Fix the tense shift: 'She opens the door and saw a cat.'

  6. 11

    Write the future perfect of 'read': 'By Friday, I the whole book.'

  7. 12

    Write the present progressive of 'run': 'He around the track.'

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Answer key (click to show)
  1. 1.present perfect progressive
  2. 2.present progressive
  3. 3.past perfect
  4. 4.present perfect
  5. 5.future perfect
  6. 6.had seen
  7. 7.was sleeping
  8. 8.Yesterday I walked to the store and bought milk.
  9. 9.have eaten
  10. 10.She opens the door and sees a cat. (or: She opened the door and saw a cat.)
  11. 11.will have read
  12. 12.is running
  13. ★a needle (challenge corner)

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