Past, Present or Future? is a free printable Kindergarten to Grade 2 social studies worksheet on sorting events into past, present and future, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.His.1.K-2. It prints 3 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Sort: Right now, in this class, When the first Presidents lived, When you are in Grade 2, The weather outside today, When Grandma was a little girl
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2.Sort each one: Past or Present or Future?
Sort: Tomorrow morning, Long ago, when people rode in wagons, When you were a baby, The grade you are in now, You are reading this sheet
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3.Sort each one: Past or Present or Future?
Sort: The day you were born, Last summer, What you are wearing today, Next year's Thanksgiving, Your teacher this year
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LessonPrint · D2.His.1.K-2 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Past, Present or Future?
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Right now, in this class — Present 2. The weather outside today — Present 3. When Grandma was a little girl — Past 4. When the first Presidents lived — Past 5. When you are in Grade 2 — Future
2.1. Long ago, when people rode in wagons — Past 2. The grade you are in now — Present 3. Tomorrow morning — Future 4. When you were a baby — Past 5. You are reading this sheet — Present
3.1. Last summer — Past 2. Next year's Thanksgiving — Future 3. The day you were born — Past 4. What you are wearing today — Present 5. Your teacher this year — Present
Questions about Past, Present or Future?
What does the Past, Present or Future? worksheet cover?
It practices sorting events into past, present and future — 3 questions for Kindergarten to Grade 2, all on C3 Framework D2.His.1.K-2: Put several events in the order they happened. The instruction to students is “Sort each one: past, present or future?”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which C3 Framework indicator does Past, Present or Future? practice?
D2.His.1.K-2, under History for Kindergarten to Grade 2. The published indicator reads: “Create a chronological sequence of multiple events.” The worksheet assesses that indicator rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
Past, Present or Future? is written for Kindergarten to Grade 2, typically ages 7-8. It is one of the sheets on D2.His.1.K-2, so it suits any student working at that standard — including older students revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does Past, Present or Future? come with an answer key?
Yes. All 3 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.
How many different versions of Past, Present or Future? can I print?
25 — one per student, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.
Is Past, Present or Future? free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Past, Present or Future?, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.