Class 7 - Tenses Exercises

 Tenses Exercises — Class 7

1. Simple Present Tense

Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb.

1. Riya ________ to school every day. (go)
2. We ________ cricket on Sundays. (play)
3. My father ________ tea every morning. (drink)
4. The sun ________ in the east. (rise)
5. They ________ English at school. (study)

2. Present Continuous Tense

Fill in the blanks using am/is/are + V4.

1. I ________ a book now. (read)
2. She ________ dinner. (cook)
3. They ________ football in the park. (play)
4. We ________ for the bus. (wait)
5. The baby ________. (sleep)

3. Present Perfect Tense

Fill in the blanks using has/have + V3.

1. I ________ my homework. (finish)
2. She ________ the movie. (watch)
3. They ________ the room. (clean)
4. He ________ his lunch. (eat)
5. We ________ the book. (read)

4. Present Perfect Continuous Tense

Fill in the blanks using has/have been + V4.

1. I ________ for two hours. (study)
2. She ________ since morning. (work)
3. They ________ cricket for an hour. (play)
4. He ________ here since 8 a.m. (wait)
5. We ________ English for three years. (learn)

PAST TENSES

5. Simple Past Tense

Use V2.

1. I ________ my grandmother yesterday. (visit)
2. She ________ a beautiful picture. (draw)
3. They ________ football last Sunday. (play)
4. He ________ to Delhi last week. (go)
5. We ________ a movie yesterday. (watch)

6. Past Continuous Tense

Use was/were + V4.

1. I ________ TV at 8 p.m. (watch)
2. She ________ dinner when I called. (cook)
3. They ________ cricket in the evening. (play)
4. We ________ to school when it started raining. (walk)
5. He ________ when his mother came home. (sleep)

7. Past Perfect Tense

Use had + V3.

1. The train ________ before we reached the station. (leave)
2. She ________ her homework before dinner. (finish)
3. I ________ lunch before I went out. (eat)
4. They ________ the room before the guests arrived. (clean)
5. He ________ the book before the teacher asked him about it. (read)

8. Past Perfect Continuous Tense

Use had been + V4.

1. I ________ for two hours before my friend arrived. (study)
2. She ________ since morning before she took a break. (work)
3. They ________ for an hour when it started raining. (play)
4. He ________ for thirty minutes before the bus came. (wait)
5. We ________ for three hours before we reached the village. (travel)

FUTURE TENSES

9. Simple Future Tense

Use will + V1.

1. I ________ you tomorrow. (call)
2. She ________ us next week. (visit)
3. They ________ the match. (win)
4. We ________ to Mumbai next month. (travel)
5. He ________ you with your homework. (help)

10. Future Continuous Tense

Use will be + V4.

1. I ________ at 8 p.m. tonight. (study)
2. She ________ to Delhi tomorrow morning. (travel)
3. They ________ cricket in the evening. (play)
4. We ________ dinner at 9 p.m. (have)
5. He ________ for us at the station. (wait)

11. Future Perfect Tense

Use will have + V3.

1. I ________ my homework by 8 p.m. (finish)
2. She ________ home by then. (reach)
3. They ________ the project by Friday. (complete)
4. We ________ the book by next week. (read)
5. He ________ the work before Monday. (finish)

12. Future Perfect Continuous Tense

Use will have been + V4.

1. By 5 p.m., I ________ for three hours. (study)
2. By next month, she ________ here for a year. (work)
3. By evening, they ________ for five hours. (travel)
4. By 6 p.m., he ________ for two hours. (play)
5. By December, we ________ English for five years. (learn)

Mixed Exercise 1 — Identify the Tense

Write the name of the tense.

1. She goes to school every day.
2. They are playing football.
3. I have finished my homework.
4. He has been studying for two hours.
5. We visited the museum yesterday.
6. She was cooking dinner.
7. They had left before we arrived.
8. I had been waiting for an hour.
9. I will call you tomorrow.
10. She will be travelling next week.
11. They will have completed the work by Friday.
12. By June, he will have been working here for two years.

Mixed Exercise 2 — Choose the Correct Answer

1. My brother ________ to school every day.
   a) go
   b) goes
   c) is going

2. Look! The children ________ in the garden.
   a) play
   b) played
   c) are playing

3. I ________ my homework already.
   a) have finished
   b) finish
   c) am finishing

4. She ________ to the market yesterday.
   a) goes
   b) went
   c) has gone

5. We ________ dinner when the phone rang.
   a) were having
   b) have
   c) had

6. The train ________ before we reached the station.
   a) leaves
   b) was leaving
   c) had left

7. I ________ you tomorrow.
   a) called
   b) will call
   c) am called

8. At 7 p.m. tomorrow, they ________ cricket.
   a) will play
   b) played
   c) will be playing

9. By Monday, she ________ the project.
   a) will have completed
   b) completes
   c) completed

10. He ________ for two hours before his father came.
    a) had been studying
    b) studied
    c) has studied

Mixed Exercise 3 — Correct the Mistake

1. She go to school every day.
2. I am play cricket now.
3. He have finished his homework.
4. They was watching television.
5. She goed to the market yesterday.
6. I had ate my lunch before school.
7. He will going to Delhi tomorrow.
8. They has been waiting for an hour.
9. We will be play cricket tomorrow.
10. She had been work since morning.

Challenge Exercise — Complete the Story

Use the correct tense of the verbs in brackets.

Rohan usually ________ (wake) up at 6 a.m. Every morning, he ________ (go) for a walk. Today, however, he ________ (study) because he has a test. He ________ already ________ (finish) two chapters. He ________ (study) for three hours.

Yesterday, Rohan ________ (play) cricket with his friends. While they ________ (play), it started raining. They ________ already ________ (play) for an hour before the rain began.

Tomorrow, Rohan ________ (visit) his grandmother. At 5 p.m., he ________ (travel) to her house. By 6 p.m., he ________ (reach) there. By next month, he ________ ________ ________ (visit) her several times.

Answer Key

Exercises 1–12

1. goes, play, drinks, rises, study
2. am reading, is cooking, are playing, are waiting, is sleeping
3. have finished, has watched, have cleaned, has eaten, have read
4. have been studying, has been working, have been playing, has been waiting, have been learning
5. visited, drew, played, went, watched
6. was watching, was cooking, were playing, were walking, was sleeping
7. had left, had finished, had eaten, had cleaned, had read
8. had been studying, had been working, had been playing, had been waiting, had been travelling
9. will call, will visit, will win, will travel, will help
10. will be studying, will be travelling, will be playing, will be having, will be waiting
11. will have finished, will have reached, will have completed, will have read, will have finished
12. will have been studying, will have been working, will have been travelling, will have been playing, will have been learning

Mixed Exercise 1

1. Simple Present
2. Present Continuous
3. Present Perfect
4. Present Perfect Continuous
5. Simple Past
6. Past Continuous
7. Past Perfect
8. Past Perfect Continuous
9. Simple Future
10. Future Continuous
11. Future Perfect
12. Future Perfect Continuous

Mixed Exercise 2

1. b) goes
2. c) are playing
3. a) have finished
4. b) went
5. a) were having
6. c) had left
7. b) will call
8. c) will be playing
9. a) will have completed
10. a) had been studying