Tense Detectives: Mastering Verb Tense Errors for Grade 3

This Grade 3 worksheet, “Simple Editing: Verb Tense Errors,” helps young learners confidently identify and correct mistakes in simple present, simple past, and simple future tenses. Designed to strengthen editing and grammar accuracy skills, this resource builds a strong foundation in verb forms through structured and engaging practice.

Why Verb Tense Matters in Grammar?

Understanding verb tense helps children express when an action happens — in the past, present, or future. For Grade 3 learners, mastering tense consistency is essential because:
1. It improves sentence clarity and meaning.
2. It builds strong editing and proofreading skills.
3. It strengthens both creative and academic writing.
4. It prepares students for paragraph-level grammar accuracy.

What’s Inside This Worksheet?

This worksheet includes five carefully structured grammar exercises:

Exercise 1 – Multiple Choice Questions 
Students choose the correct verb tense form (simple past, present, or future) from two options. This sharpens recognition skills and reinforces correct verb structure.

Exercise 2 – True or False 
Learners identify whether the verb tense in each sentence is correct. This builds editing awareness and error detection skills.

Exercise 3 – Fill in the Blanks 
Students supply the correct verb form based on context clues such as “yesterday,” “every Sunday,” and “tomorrow.” This improves tense selection accuracy.

Exercise 4 – Sentence Rewriting 
Children rewrite sentences by changing them into the specified tense (past, present, or future). This strengthens transformation skills and grammar flexibility.

Exercise 5 – Paragraph Editing 
Students complete a space-themed passage using correct verb forms from a word box. This activity reinforces tense shifts in real context and builds paragraph-level understanding.

Answer Key (For Parents & Educators)

Exercise 1 – Multiple Choice Questions
1. b) Ravi packed his satchel yesterday. 
2. a) Meera visits the museum. 
3. a) The peacock will open its tail. 
4. b) Asha draws a rangoli. 
5. a) Dad fixed the loose tap. 
6. b) He will go to the park tomorrow. 
7. b) Raj found a shiny marble. 
8. a) We plant a red rose. 
9. a) They crossed the forest path. 
10. b) Grandma will bake sweet buns.

Exercise 2 – True / False 
1. T 
2. F 
3. F 
4. F 
5. T 
6. F 
7. F 
8. T 
9. T 
10. T 

Exercise 3 – Fill in the Blanks 
1. drove 
2. prepares 
3. will blow 
4. repaired 
5. eat 
6. will help 
7. collected 
8. will fix 
9. tells 
10. will paint 

Exercise 4 – Sentence Rewriting 
1. Kabir painted a clay pot nicely. 
2. Tanu will bake chocolate cookies.
3. Ashima plays chess every evening. 
4. She helps her mother in the kitchen daily. 
5. We will visit Kolkata with our friends.
6. They watched a funny cartoon show. 
7. He visits his grandparents in winter.
8. They will climb a hill every Sunday. 
9. She ate vegetable salad for dinner. 
10. The coach trains the team very well. 

Exercise 5 – Paragraph Editing 
1. planned 
2. boarded 
3. greeted 
4. watched 
5. study 
6. helps 
7. use 
8. draw 
9. will write 
10. will visit 
11. see 
12. will become

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