CBSE Class 7 English Tenses Worksheet Set B

USE OF TENSES

Tenses (verbs)
There are three main tenses:

1. Present Tense
2. Past Tense
3. Future Tense

PRESENT TENSE

Simple present
Usage. It is used:
1. To talk about a present action
2. To talk about a habitual action
3. To talk about a universal truth.
4. To talk about a permanent condition
5. To talk about a scientific fact.
6. To express proverbs

Form
Subject Verb
I, You, We, They, He, She. It Root form of verb, root form +‘s‘ or ‗as‘

(a) Present Continuous
Tense Usage. It is used;
1. To talk about an action that is going on at the time of speaking.
2. For future time reference if we are sure of the action.

Form
Subject Verb
I, You, We, They, He, she. It am present participle
are+present participle
is+present participle

(B) Present Perfect Tense
Usage. It issued; to talk about an action that has just been completed.

Form
Subject Verb
I, You, We, They, He, She, It
Have+past participle
Has+ past participle

(a) Present Perfect Continuous Tense
Usage. It is used;
(i) To express an action that began in the past and has been in progress till the time of peaking.
(ii)To express an action that finished just a short while

Form
Subject Verb
I, You, We, They, He, she, It
Have been + present participle
Has been+ present participle

Use of „since‟ and „for‟
(i) since‘ is used to denote point of time‘
(ii) for‘ is used to denote period of time‘

For example,
- I have been living in Delhi for five years.
- She has been living in Agra since birth.

PAST TENSE

(a) Simple e Past
Usage. It is used:
- To talk about a past action.
- To talk about some past habit

Form
Subject Verb
I, You, We, They, He, she, It
Second form of verb

(b)Past Continuous Tense
Usage: It is used
To talk about an action, which was in progress at some point of time before the time of speaking.

Form
Subject Verb
I, You, We, They, He, she, It
Was +present participle
Were + present participle

(c) Past Perfect
Usage: It is used
To talk about an action that was completed before a given moment in the past

Form
Subject Verb
I, You, We, They, He, she, It
Had +past participle

(d) Past Perfect Continuous
Usage:
It is used:
To talk about an action that began before a definite moment in the past, had continued up to that moment and
was still in progress at that moment, or had recently finished.

Form
Subject Verb
I, You, We, They, He, she, It
Had been + present participle

FUTURE TENSE

(a) Simple Future
Usage. It is used;
To talk about an action that will take place in future

Form
Subject Verb

I, You, We, They, He, She, It
Shall + root form of Verb‘
Will + root form of verb

Note: In modern English will‘ is used with I‘ and we‘, too.

(b) Future Continuous
Usage: It is used:
To express an action that is almost certain to take place in the future.

Form
Subject Verb
I, You, We, They, He, She, It
Shall be + present participle
Will be +present participle

(c) Future Perfect
Usage: It is used:
To talk about an action completed before a given moment in the future.

Form
Subject Verb
I, You, We, They, He, She, It
Shall have+ past participle
Will have + past participle

(d) Future Perfect Continuous Tense
Usage: it is used.
To talk about an action that will begin before a definite moment in the future, will continue up to that moment and will be in progress even at that moment.

Form
Subject Verb
I, You, We, They, He, She, It

Shall have been + present participle
Will have been +present participle

Solved Example

1. Fill in the blanks in the following passage by using the correct tense form of the verbs given in brackets, choosing the appropriate options from the given ones.

Once Martin Luther King (a) ………………… (Address) a public meeting. Suddenly someone (b)……………….. (Throw) a shoe at him. But king (c) ………………… (Not lose) his cool. He (d) …………….. (pick) up the shoe and told the gathering that some kind gentleman, knowing that he could not afford shoes, (e)… (Throw) one for him.
He (f)…................ (Request) the gentle man to throw him the other one too. After he said so, a man appeared before him and apologized.
Answer.
(a) was addressing
(b) threw
(c) did not lose
(d) picked
(e) had thrown
(f) Requested

Questions for Practice:

1. Fill in the blanks in the following passage by using the correct tense form of the verbs given in brackets.
A diesel tanker (a) ……………… (Catch) fire last evening when it (b)……………….... (Fill) up the underground tank of a petrol station situated on the G.T. Road. Soon the fire from the tanker(c)……..(Reach) the station‘s administrative block. Suddenly the driver of the tanker (d)………………. (Get) into it and (e)…....... (Drive) it 25 yards ahead of the station. A big tragedy (f)……....... (avert) due to his brave act.

2. Fill in the blanks in the following passage by using the correct tense form of the verbs given in brackets.

A forty-year old man (a)……………. (kill) and six others (b)…………….……. (injure) when the van in which they(c)………….. (travel) overturned after colliding with a truck last evening. Soon after the incident a huge crowd (d)……………….. (gather) on the spot and (e) …………… (start) beating the driver as he (f)…………...…… (find) to be under the influence of alcohol. The police arrived on the scene and arrested the driver.

Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs.

1. When I _______________ (arrive) at the station, Sunita _______________ (wait) for me. She_______________ (wear) a blue dress and _______________ (look) very pretty. As soon as she _______________ (see) me, she_______________ (shout) something but I couldn’t hear what she _______________ (say) as everyone _______________ (make) such a noise.

2. I _______________ (look) forward to go to England, next year. I _______________ (plan) to stay there for a few years. I _______________ (come) back and _______________ (serve) my country.

3. The roof of the hall of a school building _______________ (fall) down in heavy rains yesterday night. Five persons _______________ (die) on the spot. The building _______________ (be) under construction. According to the neighbours, about fifteen persons _______________ (sleep) in the hall. Most of the victims _______________ (be) labour class.

4. When I _______________ (reach) Meena’s house, she _______________ (leave) already. Though I _______________ (reach) there at the appointed time, yet she _______________ (leave). Thus I _______________ (come) back disappointed.

5. Yesterday I _______________ (see) a speeding car hit a pedestrian, who _______________ (fall) unconscious. The poor fellow _______________ (bleed) profusely before people _______________ (take) him to a hospital. The man_______________ (struggle) for his life but _______________ (breathe) his last after half an hour.

6. Rajesh _______________ (sit) in the train at this time tomorrow. We _______________ (go) to see him off. He _______________ (stay) with us for almost a month. He _______________ (promise) that he _______________ (visit) us again next year.

7. Last Sunday when I _______________ (return) home late at night, I was shocked to find my house unlocked. Someone _______________ (break) into my house in my absence. All the boxes _______________ (be) opened. I _______________ (check) my locker, in which I _______________ (put) my money, but found the money _______________ (steal). I _______________ (report) the matter to the police.

Present Simple and Present Continuous Tense

A) Make questions and answers. Use THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS:

Example: (she / work / in Peru / this year?)     (No, she / study / in Mexico)
Is she working in Peru this year?                       No. She’s studying in Mexico.

1. (you / study / English / at the moment?)           (Yes, I / work / hard.)
…………………………………………..                                   ………………………………….
2. (they / listen / to the radio?)                            (No, they / play / CDs.)
…………………………………………..                                  ………………………………….
3. (Peter / wash / now?)                                      (Yes, he / have / a bath.)
…………………………………………..                                   …………………………………
4. (they / live / in Madrid / at the moment?)          (Yes, they / learn / Spanish.)
…………………………………………..                                  …………………………………
5. (David / sing / in a group / this year?)             (No, he / work / in a restaurant.)
…………………………………………..                                     …………………………………

B) Write TRUE next to a correct sentence, and FALSE next to a wrong sentence:

Example: She’s liking pop music. FALSE
He’s learning German. TRUE

1. They’re enjoying the film. …………… 6. She’s eating a banana. ………..
2. We’re loving ice-cream. …………… 7. I’m feeling sick. ………..
3. She’s believing he’s right. …………… 8. “Huge” is meaning “very big”. ……….
4. John’s thinking about my idea. ……….. 9. Mick is knowing Jane.
5. He’s having lunch at the moment. ……. 10. She’s hating classical music.

C) Complete this conversation. Use the verbs in brackets ( ) in the PRESENT CONTINUOUS:

Paul : Hi Steve! What are you doing?
Steve : …………………………………. (I / go) to the bank. What are you doing?
Paul : …………………………………. (I / shop). …………………………. (I / look) for a new tennis racquet. ………………………………. (I / play) a lot of tennis at the moment, and I need a new racquet.
Steve : Where is Jackie? Do you know?
Paul : Yes. She isn’t in England at the moment. ……………………………….. She / work) in Germany for a month.
Steve : What ……………………………………….. (she / do) in Germany?
Paul : …………………………………………..(She / sing) in a night-club.
Steve : Really? What about Fred and Sue? What ………………………………….(they / do)?
Paul : ……………………………………. (They / study) for an exam. They’re always in the library at the moment.
Steve : How is your sister? Is she all right?
Paul : Yes, she’s fine, but she’s tired. …………………………………… (We / paint) the living-room. It’s hard work.
Steve : Can I help you?
Paul : No, it’s OK. My father …………………………………. (help).
Steve : Well, I hope you find a good racquet.

C) This is Anna’s first letter in English to David. There are some mistakes. Rewrite wrong verb forms .Underline if the verb form is correct:

Dear David,
I live ……………. in a large flat in Rome. I’m having….. have ….. two sisters. They are called Rosa and Maria. We are getting up ………………………………………at seven o’clock every morning, and we have ………………………….. coffee and a small breakfast. I leave……………………… the flat at eight and walk to the university. I am finishing …………….… classes at five every day, and I arrive …………………….. home at six. This month I work ………………………… very hard for my exams.
At the moment, I eat …………………………… breakfast in the kitchen of our flat, my mother drinks ………………………… coffee, and my sisters are reading …………………… magazines.
On Saturday afternoons I am playing ……………………………. tennis with my friends, or I go ……………………….. to the cinema. Today, I’m going to see a new English film.
Sometimes I am watching ……………………………. American films on TV, but I’m not understanding ……………………………… the words! Are you liking ……………………. films?
Please write to me soon.

With best wishes,
Anna

D) Write sentences. Use the PRESENT SIMPLE or the PRESENT CONTINUOUS:

Example: (Usually she / work / at the office, but this week she / work / at home.)
Usually she works at the office, but this week she’s working at home.

1. (You / not / eat / very much at the moment. Are you ill?)
………………………………………………………………………………………………

2. (She / know / three words in Italian!)
………………………………………………………………………………………………

3. (I / take / the bus to work this week, but usually I / walk)
………………………………………………………………………………………………

4. (I / study / Japanese this year. It’s very difficult.)
………………………………………………………………………………………………

5. (you / watch / the television at the moment?)
………………………………………………………………………………………………

6. (I / not / remember / the name of the hotel.)
………………………………………………………………………………………………

7. (She / speak / three languages.)
………………………………………………………………………………………………

8. (The sun / shine /. It’s a beautiful day!)
………………………………………………………………………………………………

First Vaccine

In 1796, Dr. Edward Jenner developed the fi rst successful vaccine. What disease did this vaccine prevent?
To answer the question, read the paragraph below. Determine whether the underlined words are verbs or verb phrases. Also determine whether they are used correctly. Starting with the fi rst sentence, write the letter beneath each correct verb or verb phrase in order on the blanks at the bottom of the page.

Edward Jenner was a British physician. He was born on May 17, 1749. Always
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curious about nature, he became a keen observer of the world. This trait would help
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him in his research. In Jenner’s time, doctors had few medicines for treating serious
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diseases. Many of these diseases resulted in death. After studying medicine for
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several years, Jenner started a medical practice. Hoping to prevent one of the most
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serious diseases of his day, he developed procedures for vaccinating people. His
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methods were successful. Jenner did not fully understand his discovery. About
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seventy-fi ve years later, the French chemist Louis Pasteur would use Jenner’s early
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work as a basis for his own experiments with vaccines. Today, vaccines protect us
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from many serious diseases.

Great Inventor

With a record 1,093 U.S. patents to his credit, this man ranks among the greatest inventors of all time. Who was he?
To answer the question, read each sentence below and identify its verb or verb phrase. If the verb or verb phrase is used correctly, write the letter for“correct” in the space above its sentence number at the bottom of the page. If for any reason the verb or verb phrase is used incorrectly, write the letter for “incorrect.” You will need to divide the letters into words.

1. Most inventors can be described as curious people.
E. Correct
C. Incorrect
Answer. E

2. The goal of most inventors are to make life better or easier.
R. Correct
A. Incorrect
Answer. A

3. Inventors usually has a talent for looking at problems in creative ways.
S. Correct
N. Incorrect
Answer. N

4. Most successful inventions are the result of hard work and dedication.
M. Correct
D. Incorrect
Answer. M

5. Sometimes luck or a mistake play a part in developing an invention.
F. Correct
T. Incorrect
Answer. T

6. Creative men and women have been inventing tools and machines throughout history.
I. Correct
U. Incorrect
Answer. I

7. The invention of wheels over fi ve thousand years ago were a major advance.
R. Correct
H. Incorrect
Answer. H

8. The electric light, gasoline motor, and automobile were other important inventions.
D. Correct
M. Incorrect
Answer. D

9. Certainly the invention of the airplane has changed the world.
O. Correct
E. Incorrect
Answer. O

10. The invention of computers have helped bring about the Information Age.
I. Correct
S. Incorrect
Answer. S

High Point in Europe

At an elevation of 15,770 feet, this mountain in France and Italy is the highest in Europe. What is its name?
To answer the question, read each sentence below and identify the underlined word or phrase. Match the word or phrase with the term that best describes it. Choose your answers from the terms that follow the sentences.Write the letter of each answer in the space above its sentence number at the bottom of the page.

1. Europe is the second smallest continent in the world.
Answer. Linking verb

2. The Alps, Europe’s highest mountains, offer the world much beauty.
Answer. Indirect object

3. Rising over fi fteen thousand feet above sea level, the Alps are majestic.
Answer. Predicate adjective

4. In the past much of Europe was covered with thick forests.
Answer. Verb phrase

5. Today the continent is home to many countries, cities, and towns.
Answer. Predicate nominative

6. During the fi fteenth and sixteenth centuries, Europeans explored much of the world.
Answer. Action verb

7. Thousands of people from Europe went to the New World in hopes of starting new lives.
Answer. Present perfect tense

8. Many Americans trace their roots to Europe.
Answer. Direct object

Simple Past Tense

A) Fill in the blanks with a verb from the box in the SIMPLE PAST:

break   swim   have   make   sit   write
spend   buy   drink   lose   wash

1. She ………………….. a cake an hour ago.
2. She ………………….. a hat last week.
3. The boy ………………….. a letter yesterday.
4. They ……………………. in the sea for an hour.
5. They ………………….. a lot of Coke last night.
6. She ………………… her arm last week.
7. He ……………………. all his money last week.
8. She …………………… a bath two minutes ago.
9. He ……………………. his wallet last night.
10. She ………………….. on the old chair a minute ago.
11. She ………………….. the clothes yesterday.

B) Fill in the blanks with the SIMPLE PAST of the verbs in brackets:

Last Saturday my father …. took…. (take) my friends and me to the circus. We ………(see) lots of things. My father …………………. (buy) us some popcorn and orange juice. We ……………………. (eat) the popcorn and ………………………… (drink) the orange juice.We …………………….. (laugh) at the funny clowns. There …………………. (be) a lion-tamer.
The lions …………………… (do) tricks; they ………………………… (jump) through hoops. A girl ………………………. (ride) an elephant around the ring. We all ………………… (have) a wonderful time.

C) Write what Jean DID or DIDN’T do yesterday:

go shopping ( - ) ………… Jean didn’t go shopping yesterday. …………….
clean the house ( + ) ………………………………………………………………
feed the cat ( + ) .………………………………………………………………
telephone Mary ( - ) ………………………………………………………………
watch a film on TV ( - ) ………………………………………………………………
visit her grandparents ( + ) ………………………………………………………………
take them a cake ( + ) ………………………………………………………………

D) Fill in the blanks with the PAST form of the verbs:

Benjamin Franklin …… was born ….. (be born) in Boston in 1706. He ………………… (be) the fifteenth of the seventeen children of a poor candlemaker. He …………………(go ) to school only one year. He …………………………… (begin) to work when he was twelve. At the age of fourteen he …………………………… (decide) to be a writer. He ………………….

(copy) the great stories of famous writers and later he …………………………… (become) the best known writer in his time.
When he ………………….. (be) seventeen, he ………………………… (leave) Boston and…………………………… (arrive) in Philadelphia with only a few pennies in his pocket. He……………………… (get) a job as a publisher of a newspaper and ……………………. (retire) from business as a very rich man at forty-two. Then he ………………………. (spend) the next forty years for his government. He ………………………. (play) an important role in the founding of the USA.
Franklin ……………… (be) also an important scientist and inventor. He ……………. (draw) electricity from a cloud on a kite string. He ……………………… (write) one of the first text books on electricity. He ……………………… (invent) a simple lightning rod and many other practical tools. He ……………………… (make) a study of water and ………………………. (discover) many principles of hydrodynamics. He even ………………………… (invent) bifocal glasses when he was seventy-eight and ……………………… (need) them himself.
Franklin ……………… (do) all these things and many more because he …………….……… (believe) he ………………………… (can).

E) Read the following story:

Bob is a young sailor. He lives in England, but he is often away with his ship.
One summer he comes back from a long voyage and finds new neighbors near his mother’s house. They have a pretty daughter, and Bob soon loves her and he wants to marry her when he comes back. Bob promises the girl to send a present from every port.
Bob’s first port is Capetown in Africa, and he sends the girl a parrot from there. The parrot speaks three languages. When Bob’s ship reaches Australia, a letter comes from the girl. The letter says, “Thank you for the parrot, Bob. It tasted much better than a chicken.”

a) Write the story again. Use THE SIMPLE PAST:

Bob was a young sailor. He lived in England, but he was often away with his ship.

b) Answer the questions about the story:

1. What was Bob?
He was a young sailor.

2. What change did he find when he was back home?
3. How was their daughter?
4. How did Bob feel about the girl?
5. What did Bob tell the girl?
6. What did Bob send the girl from Capetown?
7. Where is Capetown?
8. How many languages did the parrot speak?
9. What did the girl do with the parrot?

G) Rewrite the sentences using the word and signs in parenthesis:

1. We ate lunch at the cafeteria last night.
(he)                               (-) 2. He didn’t eat lunch at the cafeteria last night.
(yesterday)                   (?) 3. …………………………………………………
(study in the library)     (-?) 4. …………………………………………………
(we)                              (-) 5. …………………………………………………
(play tennis)                 (+) 6. ………………………………………………….
(I)                                  (-) 7. …………………………………………………
(get a present)              (+) 8. …………………………………………………
(you)                             (-?) 9. …………………………………………………
(go shopping)               (?) 10. ………………………………………………..
(last week)                    (-) 11. ………………………………………………..
(she)                             (+) 12. ………………………………………………..
(stay home)                   (?) 13. …………………………………………………......
(last night)                     (-?) 14. …………………………………………………
(they)                            (-) 15. …………………………………………………
(get into trouble)           (+) 16. …………………………………………………
(you)                             (?) 17. …………………………………………………
(see him)                       (-?) 18. …………………………………………………
(yesterday afternoon)    (?) 19. …………………………………………………
(I)                                   (+) 20. …………………………………………………