Verb Tense Wheel: Spin a Tense to Practice

Verb tense wheel with 12 English tenses, from simple present to future perfect. Spin one, and use it in a sentence, for grammar warm-ups and language practice.

Grammar warm-ups
Language learners
Revision

On this wheel

Simple present
Present continuous
Present perfect
Present perfect continuous
Simple past
Past continuous
Past perfect
Past perfect continuous
Simple future
Future continuous
Future perfect
Future perfect continuous

Why use a verb tense wheel

All twelve English tenses are on the wheel. Spin one, then ask for a new sentence in that tense about something from today, such as “I have walked” for the present perfect.

Start the lesson with one tense
Spin a tense, and let students write one sentence in it on a whiteboard.
Practice speaking in each tense
Language learners say a sentence about their day in the tense on the wheel.
Revise before a test
Pairs take turns to spin and change the same sentence into each new tense.

This wheel wears the Wheel-ementary theme: crayons on a chalkboard, push pins and a gold-star arrow. Your own copy keeps it, or pick another wheel theme.

How to use the verb tense wheel

Click the wheel to spin it.
Wait for it to slow down and stop on a random entry. The winner pops up on screen.
Click “Hide & Respin” to take the winner out and spin again, so nothing is picked twice.
Click “Create your own verb tense picker” to save your own copy, change the entries, and share or embed it.

All 12 entries on the verb tense wheel

Simple present
Present continuous
Present perfect
Present perfect continuous
Simple past
Past continuous
Past perfect
Past perfect continuous
Simple future
Future continuous
Future perfect
Future perfect continuous

More Verb Wheels

Verb Wheel16 entries

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I show just the tenses my class knows?

Yes. Click “Create your own verb tense picker” and keep the ones you’ve taught.

Is the wheel really random?

Yes. Every entry has a slice of the same size, and where the wheel stops is picked with your browser’s cryptographically secure random number generator (crypto.getRandomValues), so nobody can predict or rig the result.

Can I change the entries on this wheel?

Yes. Click “Create your own verb tense picker” to save your own copy. You can then add, remove or rename entries, change the theme and spin settings, and share or embed your wheel.