CBSE Class 7 English Tenses Worksheet

Simple Past vs Present Perfect Tense
Present Perfect vs Present Perfect Continuous

A) Use THE SIMPLE PAST or THE PRESENT PERFECT TENSE to fill in the blanks:

1. What ………………………………………… (you / learn) since you ……………………. (come) here? How many friends ………………………………………. (you / make)? I hope you ……………... (already / meet) a lot of interesting people.
2. Last night my roommate and I ……………………….. (have) some free time, so we………………………….. (go) to a show.
3. I ………………………………….. (just / have) lunch, but I ………………………………(not / have) lunch yesterday.
4. Who …………………………………. (write) the play “Hamlet”?
5. How many games …………………………………… (the team / win) so far this season?
6. I don’t know Carol’s husband. I ………………………………………. (never / meet) him.
7. It ………………………………… (rain) a lot last week, but it …………………………… (not / rain) much so far this week.
8. How many letters ……………………………………….. (you / write) since the beginning of the month?
9. When we were on vacation, the weather ……………………………… (be) terrible.
10. In her whole lifetime, Mary …………………………………………… (never / see) snow.
11. I don’t know where Ammy is. ………………………………………….(you / see) her?
12. When I ……………………………. (get) home last night, I ……………………….. (be) very tired and I …………………………… (go) straight to bed.
13. Your car looks very clean. ……………………………………. (you / wash) it?
14. George …………………………………….. (not / be) very well last week.
15. Mr. Clark …………………………… (work) in a bank for 15 years. Then he gave it up.

B) Use PRESENT PERFECT TENSE or PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS to fill in the blanks:

1. I’m trying to study. I …………………………………………….. (try) to study for the last hour, but something always seems to interrupt me. I think I’d better go to the library.
2. The children are playing basketball right now. They ……………………………………… (play) for almost two hours. They must be getting tired.
3. The telephone …………………………………………… (ring) four times in the last hour, and each time it has been for my roommate.
4. The telephone …………………………………………… (ring) for almost a minute. Why doesn’t someone answer it?
5. It ……………………………………………….. (rain) all day. I wonder when it will stop.
6. We ………………………………………… (have) three accidents so far this week. I wonder how many more we will have if you keep using the tools carelessly.
7. We ……………………………………………………. (live) here since last June.
8. My little son is dirty from head to foot because he ……………………………………… (play) in the mud.
9. What’s the matter? Your eyes are red and puffy. I hope you ……………………………… (not / cry). Oh, now I understand. You …………………………………………….. (peel) some onions.
10. Hello, Rob. I’m happy to see you again. I ……………………………………………….. (not / see) you for weeks. What ……………………. you …………………………… (do) lately?
11. I …………………………………………………. (not / be) able to reach my boss on the phone yet. I ………………………………………………………. (try) for the last twenty minutes, but the line …………………………………….. busy.
12. We …………………………………………. (have) three major snowstorms so far this winter. I wonder how many more we will have.
13. I ………………………………………………… (write) them three times, but I still haven’t received a reply.
14. A: Dr. Harrison is a good teacher. How long ……………… he ……………………. (be) at the university?
B: He ………………………………………… (teach) here for almost 25 years.
15. A: What are you going to order for dinner?
B: Well, I ……………………………………………… (have / have) pizza. So I think, I’ll order that.
16. My uncle …………………………………………………. (paint) the outside of his house for three weeks and he’s still not finished.
17. The Smiths are presently in Tunisia. They ………………………………………. (travel) throughout North Africa since the middle of May. They’ll return home in another month.

C) Use THE PRESENT PERFECT TENSE or THE PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS to fill in the blanks:

1. I’m tired. We ………………………………………………. (walk) for over an hour. Let’s stop and rest for a while.
2. The zoo isn’t far from here. I ………………………………………………… (walk) there many times.
3. I …………………………………………………. (write) my friends at least a dozen letters since I left home and come home.
4. Sally is writing a letter to her boyfriend. She ………………………………………. (write) it since she got home from class. It’s going to be a long letter.
5. The telephone …………………………………………….. (ring) four times in the last hour, and each time it has been for my roommate.
6. The telephone ……………………………………………… (ring) for almost a minute.Why doesn’t someone answer it?
7. She is 80 and she ………………………………………… (never / read) a book in her life.
8. The secretary is very tired. She ………………………………………………… (type) all morning.
9. Tom is reading a book. He started two hours ago and he is on page 53. He……………………………………….. (read) for two hours.
10. Hello! I …………………………………………… (clean) the windows. So far I………………………………………… (clean) five of them and there are two more to do.
11. My grandfather ……………………… (died) 30 years ago. I ……………………………..…………………. (never / meet) him.
12. A: Is your father at home?
B: No, I’m afraid he ……………………………………………… (go) out.
A: When exactly ………………………………………………… (he / go) out?
B: About ten minutes ago.

D) Use THE SIMPLE PAST or THE PRESENT PERFECT TENSE to fill in the blanks:

1. The young man ……………………………… (never / be) to Paris, but he ……………..(read) a book about this city last year.
2. …………………… you …………………… (decide) where to go yet?
3. A: Have some tea, please.
B: No, thank you. I …………………………………. (just / have) two cups of tea.
4. Susan …………………………. (do) her homework before 10 o’clock but Jane ………….……………….. (not /write) a word until now.
5. Her mother ………………………………… (buy) her a pair of new shoes yesterday.
6. The Prime Minister …………………………. (leave) for the USA an hour ago.
7. A: …………….. the plane ……………………. (land)?
B: Yes, it ………………………… (land) ten minutes ago.
8. It ………………………………. (not / rain) for a long time.
9. ……………… you ……………… (see) my dog? It ………………………… (run away) this morning.
10. We …………………………. (meet) at a party a long time ago, but I …………………….. (not / see) her since then.
11. I ………………………… (see) an interesting book in a bookshop yesterday, but I…………………………… (not / buy) it.
12. My friend …………………………… (fall) from the bicycle because he ……………….… (not / ride) one for ages.
13. His father ………………………………… (die) in 1970, but he ………………………….. (never / visit) his father’s grave since that time.
14. They …………………… (go) to America years ago, but none of them …………………... (come) back since then.
15. A: …………….. you ……………….. (speak) to an Englishman?
B: Yes, I …………………….. (have) a short conversation with one last night.
16. A: ………………. you ever ………………….. (be) to Tatilya?
B: Yes, I ………………………. (go) there two years ago.
17. A: ………………. you ……………….. (see) Jane recently?
B: No, I ……………………………. (see) her for a long time.

E) Rewrite the sentences using SIMPLE PAST or PRESENT PERFECT TENSE:

1. I haven’t seen her for a long time.
It’s ages since I saw her…………………………………………

2. I last met George two weeks ago.
I haven’t …………………………………………………………

3. They have been here for three months.
They arrived ……………………………………………………..

4. We started living in Istanbul 12 years ago.
We have ………………………………………………………….

5. I last saw my girlfriend five days ago.
I haven’t ………………………………………………………….

6. Is this the first time you have tasted a kivi?
………………… (not) you ………………………. one before?

7. I last smoked a cigarette ten years ago.
I haven’t …………………………………………………………..

8. I last drank wine two weeks ago.
It’s two weeks ……………………………………………………. wine.

9. I have lived in Istanbul since January.
I …………………………………………………………………… (come)

10. They moved to Ankara two years ago.
They ……………………………………………………………. two years.

11. She hasn’t been to Rome before.
This is the first time ………………………………………………

Past Perfect Tense

A) Supply a suitable SIMPLE PAST or PAST PERFECT TENSE:

1. I ………………………. (worry) a lot about her before I ……………………….. (hear) that she was safe.
2. I I didn’t like the flat. It …………………….. (be) much smaller than I ………………….. (think) at first.
3. He told us he ………………………….. (shoot) a big tiger.
4. They ……………………….. (drink) tea after they ………………………………. (finish) dinner.
5. She ……………. just ……………….. (fold) the pink apron and placed it in a table drawer when the door …………………………… (open) and Joe ………………. (enter).
6. The police wanted to know why he …………………………….. (bring) a gun to school.
7. After he ………………………………. (work) at the hospital for two years he ………….. (decide) to give up the job.
8. When I …………………………. (arrive) at the party John ……………. already ……….. (go) home.
9. We ………………………… (wait) until the match …………………………….. (finish).
10. They …………………………… (leave) the room before the meeting …………………… (finish).
11. I ……………………………….. (buy) a new camera before I …………………. (go) to London.
12. I ……………….. just ………………… (turn off) the lights when the telephone ………… (ring).

B) Supply a suitable SIMPLE PAST or PAST PERFECT TENSE:

1. …………. he …………….. (know) her for a long time before they ………………………(get) married?
2. He ………………………………. (drive) down the hotel where they …………………….(spend) their honeymoon years ago.
3. When we ………………………… (get) to the station the train …………………………...(already / leave).
4. He …………………………. (sit) at a table by the window where he ……………………..(have) a meal with Jane.
5. Why ………………. he ………………… (not / ask) her to wait and think again beforeshe ………………………….. (leave) Paris.
6. He was wondering why he ………………………………… (let) her leave so easily.
7. He knew he ………………………………… (earn) that money with a great difficulty.
8. After they …………………………… (go), he …………………….. (sit) down and……………………… (light) a cigarette.
9. He ………………………….. (have to) go to work by bus because his car ……………….(break) down.
10. He …………………………… (angry) before he ……………………… (hear) my offer.

Past Perfect Tense & Past Perfect Continuous

A) Supply a suitable SIMPLE PAST or PAST PERFECT TENSE:

1. They ……………………………. (go) home after they ………………………….. (finish) their work.
2. She ………………………………….. (just / go) out when I called her.
3. My brother ………………………………. (eat) all the pie before we got back.
4. He wondered why I …………………………………………. (not / visit) him before.
5. She said that she ……………………………………………. (already / see) the Pyramids.
6. The fire ………………………………………….. (spread) to the next building before the firemen ………………………………………….. (arrive).
7. They drank small cups of coffee, after they ………………………………………. (finish) dinner.
8. He told me he ……………………………………………….. (catch) a young lion.
9. His mother …………………………………………. (worry) a lot about him before she……………………………………… (hear) that he was asfe.
10. He ……………………………………………….. (already / learn) English before he…………………………………………. (leave) for England, but before he arrived in England,he……………… (forget)some.
11. Mary ………………………………………….. (go) swimming after she ………………… (come) home. After she ………………………………… (swim), she …………………….
(call) her friend Judy.
12. I ……………………………………… (go) to the theatre with my friends yesterday. I……………………………… (not / go) to the theatre for a year. We …………………….. (have) a very good time.
13. After they ……………………………… (finish) their breakfast, they …………………… (leave) for school.
14. Linda ……………………………………. (play) tennis after she ………………………… (do) her homework.
15. My father ……………………………. (water) the flowers after he ………………………. (clean) the car. After he ………………………………….. (water) the flowers, he…………………………….. (have) dinner.

B) Combine the following sentences by using AFTER / BEFORE:

1. My mother took her umbrella. She went out.
2. Frank called me. I went to school.
3. I washed the dishes. I watched TV.
4. She washed her hands. She had lunch.
5. The boys bought a ball. They played football.
6. My mother made a cake. The guests came.
7. He put sugar in his tea. He drank it.
8. I got up. I had breakfast.
9. The children ran away. They broke the window.
10. I fastened my seat belt. The plane took off.

C) Complete the following sentences:

1. After I had watched that horror film, I ……………………………………………………
2. She finished her homework after ………………………………………………………….
3. When I came home, my sister ……………… already ……………………………………
4. Before he went out, ……………………………………………………………………….
5. They had telephoned me before …………………………………………………………..

D) Read the passage and answer the questions:

I had an amusing experience last year. After I had left a small village in the south of France, I drove on to the next town. On the way a young man waved to me. I stopped and he asked me for a lift. After he had got into the car, I said good morning to him in French and he replied in the same language.
Except a few words, I do not know any French at all. Neither of us spoke during the journey.
I had nearly reached the town, when the young man suddenly said, very slowly, “Do you speak English?”
As I soon learned, he was English himself!

1. When did the writer drive on to the next town?
2. When did he say good morning to the man in French?
3. When did the young man say, “Do you speak English?”

E) Fill in the following sentences by using PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE:

1. We ………………………………………………… (play) football for half an hour when it started to rain.
2. I …………………………………………………. (study) English for a short time when the electricity went off.
3. She ……………………………………………… (do) her homework before you came in.
4. His knees and hands were very dirty. He ………………………………………….. (crawl) in the garden.
5. I ……………………………………………… (drive) the car for five years when I sold it.
6. We were very tired. We ………………………………………………. (travel) for about sixteen hours.
7. They were out of breath. They ……………………………………………… (run) for a long time.
8. He ……………………………………………. (live) in London for ten years when he had an accident.
9. He was tired because he ……………………………………………….. (write) letters all morning.
10. He …………………………………………….. (repair) the radio for an hour when you arrived.

F) Fill in the following sentences by using PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE:

1. I was tired because I …………………………………………. (type) for a long time.
2. Her boss was very angry with her because she …………………………………………. (come) to work very late.
3. I didn’t know about the earthquake because I ……………………………………… (not / watch) television.
4. She was too fat because she …………………………………………….. (not / keep) her doctor’s advice.
5. I took my car to the garage because the brakes …………………………………………….(not / work).
6. She had to go to the dentist because she ………………………………………. (not / clean) her teeth.
7. He got bad marks because he …………………………………………… (not / study) hard.
8. She wasn’t at home. She ……………………………………………. (go) out with her boyfriend.
9. I thought I …………………………………………………… (behave) like an ididot.
10. He ……………………………………………….. (study) English) very hard for the last few days

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