Tenses Exercises for Class 7

Exercise 1

Fill in the blanks with the simple present tense form of the verbs given in the
brackets.

1. I…………. his address, (know)

2. She ……….her work sincerely, (do)
3. We……….. things a bit too seriously, (take)
4. They………to God in the morning, (pray)
5. You…… much of your time in idle gossip, (waste)
6. Rita……….very interesting stories, (write)
7. These children…………… us veiy often, (disturb)
8. My watch………. thirty seconds a day. (lose)
9. These girls………..music everyday, (learn)
10. Raman and Chaman……….. to the market together, (go)

Exercise 2

Change the following as directed :

1. Birds fly in the sky. (negative)

2. Rohit loves his teacher, (interrogative)
3. Boys are doing their homework, (negative)
4. My friend speaks good English, (interrogative)
5. Dogs are barking, (interrogative)
6. He is learning music, (negative)
7. We are going to Kolkata soon, (interrogative)
8. Children play in the evening, (negative)
9. Ritu sings a song, (negative)
10. I am listening to western music, (interrogative)
11. Naman and Chaman run fast, (interrogative).

Exercise 3

Fill in the blanks with is, am or are:

1. These bags ….. heavy.

2. Look! There ……….. Raman.
3. My brother and I …………. good cricket players.
4. The weather……… nice today.
5. This bag………. not so heavy.
6. I ……….. not tired.
7. Rama…………. at home.
8. Her children………… at school.
9. I………. a student.
10. …………. My sister a doctor.

Exercise 1

Complete the sentences. Use one of these verbs:

1. Please be quiet. I……….

2. Where is Umesh? He is in the kitchen. He…………… .
3. You ……………. on my foot.
4. Look! Somebody…………… in the river.
5. We’re here on holiday. We……………………………. at the Royal Hotel.
6. Where’s Renu? She ……….. a shower.
7. They………….. a new theatre in the city centre at the moment.
8. I…………………..now. Goodbye.
9. The weather is nice at the moment. It is not…………………..
10. You can turn off the television. I am not…………….. it.

Exercise 2

Fill in the blanks with the appropriate form (Present Continuous) of the verbs
given in bracket.

1. I am…….. the table (turn).

2. Hari is ……….. the juice (suck).
3. Rani and Rajan ……….under the cot (crawl).
4. The dog is………… its tail (wag).
5. You are………… …. on your paper, (write).
6. She is ……………right hand (wave)
7. He is …………………….. over the fence (jump).
8. You are ……… your books (take).
9. You are …………..the sweets in your mouth
10. Sita is …………….. on her dress (put)

Exercise 1

Fill in the blanks with the Present Perfect tense form of the verbs given in the
brackets.

1. 1. The train……….. just now. (arrive)

2. I……….. not………. the cinema all these years, (visit)
3. Someone ………..some crockery, (break)
4. I………. never……… the Taj (see)
5. I………… not……….. him so far. (meet)
6. I…….. not………. the work even now. (finish)
7. My friend………… his purse, (lose)
8. hey……………….. my pen. (take)
9. Birds………….. from here, (fly)
10. Rachana………… food, (cook)

Exercise 1

Fill in the blanks with the Present Perfect Continuous Tense of the verbs given in
brackets.

1. We………… English for two years (study)

2. He………. in this school for several years, (teach)
3. I………… in this flat since 2000. (live)
4. It……….. for three hours, (rain)
5. They………….. for seven hours, (work).

Exercise 2

Fill in the blanks with since or for:

1. He has been here …………. last Monday.

2. She has been on the phone………. twenty minutes.
3. I have been in this town………. 1967.
4. You have been …………married
5. Raman has been on …………holiday

Class 7 Tenses Exercise

THE PRESENT TENSE
Question 1) Fill in the blanks with the Simple Present Tense of the verbs given in the
brackets:
1. I ……….. faster than my sister. (run)
2. Anu …..……. her work sincerely. (do)
3. We …………….. things a bit too seriously. (take)
4. They ………… to god in the morning. (pray)
5. You …..……. much of your time in idle gossip . (waste)
6. This magician …….…… amazing tricks. (perform)
7. These children …….…… us very often .(disturb)
8. My watch ……………. thirty seconds a day. (lose)
9. It ……….… heavily in our state. (rain)
10. These girls …….…… music every day. (learn)

Question 2) Complete the following sentences with the Present Perfect forms of the
verbs in brackets.
1. I _________ a new bicycle. (buy)
2. We ________ dinner. (eat)
3. We _________ a lot of money for a charity show for the earthquake victims. (collect)
4. The holiday’s _________ late this year. (begin)
5. Since the holidays _______ started, we _______ no rest. (have)
6. We’re going to thanjavur by car. We _______ lots of sandwiches and other snacks for the trip.
(park)
7. Mr. Rao travels a lot. He ________ China, Japan and Dubai in the last two weeks. (be)
8. We _________ a good movie for a long time now. (not see)
9. I don’t need your company. I _________ alone. (always travel)
10. Hina _________ her new mobile phone. (just lose)
11. Manya ________ my book yet. ( not return)
12. She ________ of becoming a poilt since childhood. (dream)
13. _______ you ever _______ a horse? (ride)
14. We _________ such a spectacle. (never witness)
15. Where _______ you ________ all summer? (be)

Question 3) Fill in the blanks using the Present Perfect Tense. One has been done for
you.
1. I …………. (Come) to your school to demonstrate a few things about using computers for your
students. As we ………… (See) recently, the computer is very important tool in the modern
world. How many of you ……………. (Use) computers before? Don’t worry if you …………….
(Not use) the computer before. I …………… (Learn) to use the computer recently.
2. We know that pollution ……….. (Become) a threat to our survival. Before the industrial
revolution in the 19th century, people lived more in harmony with their immediate environment.
With the spread of industrialization, the problem of pollution ………… (Increase) when the
earth’s population was much smaller, no one believed pollution would ever present a serious
problem. With the increasing pollution on the planet, it ……………. (Become) apparent that
there are limits. Pollution is one of the signs that human …………… (Exceed) those limits.
3. I ……………. (Invite) a few friends to join us for dinner. We ………….. (Not) ……………… (See)
them in a while. I ………… (Keep) the menu simple. I ……………… (Be) to the market and I
……….. (Buy) the meat I will cook. I …………….. (Plan) to make some pulao to go with it. Will
that be all right?

Question 4) Fill in the blanks with the Present Continuous Tense of the given verbs.
1. Hurry up! Amit ____________ for us. (wait)
2. I ___________ janaki today. (meet)
3. I hate to be disturbed when I ____________ (work)
4. Do you know the boy who ______________ on the platform by himself? (stand)
5. Let me warn you that you _________ a mistake.(make)
6. We _________ (study) for tomorrow’s exam.
7. Zubin _________ the plants. (prune)
8. We ___________ the dough for the cake. (present)

Question 5) Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs given in the brackets in
the Present Continuous Tense:
1. The home team …………… well in the tournament. (play)
2. Who ………… in my bed? (lie)
3. 3.The government……………. sincere efforts to solve our problems. (make)
4. what ………….. these days? (you, write)
5. 5.I …………. in the house any longer. (not live)
6. The squirrel …………….. the nuts in a hole in the tree. (hide)
7. Mr. Krishnan…….. .. extra classes for children weak in English. (take)
8. Who ………. for? (they, wait)
9. How many teams ……………. in the debate competition? (participate)
10. Why ……… today? (the farmers, not work)

Question 6) Fill in the blanks using the Present Continuous Tense of the verbs.
1. We ………….. (Celebrate) my birthday.
2. They …………… (Join) us for dinner tonight.
3. My parents ………….. (Buy) me a gift for my birthday.
4. My father …………… (Cook) a special dish for us.
5. I …………… (Help) my father with the cooking.
6. I …………… (Go) for the relay match.
7. The eagle …………… (Fly) is very high.
8. I ……………. (Look) at the nest in the tree through my binoculars.

Question 7) Fill in the blanks with the Present Continuous Tense of the given verbs.
1. Mary __________ (draw) water from the now well for washing clothes.
2. Sujan__________ (draft) the letter at the moment.
3. The kids ____________ (play) computer games for two hours now.
4. It ______________ (snow) all week in Srinagar.
5. We ____________ (wait) for Trisha since 9 a.m.
6. What is that sound? I wonder if the neighbor’s baby ___________ (cry) again.
7. You look very sleepy. _____________ (you, get) enough sleep lately?
8. Our maths teacher _______________ (feel) unwell for the past week.
9. Tulika is fluent in Chinese now. She ____________ (go) for weekly Chinese classes.
10. Sweta _______________ (watch) films all day. No wonder she can barely keep her eyes open
now!
Question 8) Use the Present Perfect Continuous Tense in the following sentences.
1. The children_______ TV all evening. (watch)
2. I _______ for two hours. (read)
3. I ______ well for several weeks now. (not feel)
4. Tippy _______ us lately. ( not visit)
5. They __________ in Kolkata since Mr. Sharma was posted there in 1999. (live)
6. I ________ books on palmistry. (read)
7. My computer ________ trouble. (give)
8. Sara ________ the piano since she was in Class II. (play)
9. We _________ for the show to start for 30 minutes. (wait)
10. Manish and Kiran ______ badminton for a long time. (play)
11. I_______ French for two months. (learn)
12. The grass is wet. _______ It _______? (rain)

I. The Present Tense

Exercise 1
(Solved)

Fill in the blanks in the following with the correct form of the verb given in
brackets : (Present Tense)
1. I ………… in Model Town. (live)
2. The mother ………… food for us. (cook)
3. She ………… to temple every morning. (go)
4. He ………… on me whenever he wants. (call)
5. I ………… what my sister ………… . (eat)
6. My father ………… from his office in the evening. (return)

Uses of the Present Continuous Tense

The Present Continuous Tense is used with the words—at this time, at present, at the
moment, now, nowadays, still etc. and in the following cases :
(a) To describe an action in progress and/or the continuity of the action.
The girls are singing a chorus.
(b) To describe an action in progress, but not necessarily at the time of speaking.
India is exporting onions to the Middle East.
What are you writing these days ?

Exercise 2
(Solved)
Fill in the following blanks with correct the Present Continuous Tense of the
verbs given in brackets :
1. Look ! the sun ………… . (rise)
2. Why ………… you so fast ? (run)
3. The children ………… in the park. (play)
4. Mohini ………… a novel now. (read)
5. Water ………… from the running tap. (flow)
6. ………… it ………… outside now ? (rain)
7. What ………… your sister these days ? (do)

Exercise 3
(Solved)

Fill in the following blanks with the Present Perfect Tense of the verbs given in
brackets :
1. Where ………… you ………… your purse ? (lose)
2. ………… she not yet ………… her work ? (finish)
3. How many sums ………… she ? (solve)
4. My sister ………… from Meerut presently. (return)
5. Raju ………… Saroj since 1980. (know)
6. Asha ………… never ………… the Red Fort. (see)

Exercise 4
(Solved)

Fill in the following blanks with correct tense (Present Perfect Continuous) of the
verbs given in brackets :
1. It ………… outside for half an hour. (hail)
2. The storm ………… since 4 O’clock. (howl)
3. I ………… for the bus since morning. (wait)
4. Since when ………… you ………… in this school ? (read)
5. It ………… not ………… since midnight. (rain)
6. She ………… midnight oil for five years. (bum)
7. I ………… for the examination for one year. (prepare)

Exercise 5
(Solved)

I. Fill in the blanks with correct present tense form of the verbs given in brackets :
1. Water ………… at 100°C. (boll)
2. We ………… a hockey match tomorrow. (play)
3. ………… your brother ………… his account ? (clear)
4. The cattle ………… In the field. (graze)
5. She ………… meat several times. (taste)

II. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs (present tense) given in
brackets :
1. There ………… (go) the bell!
2. If you ………… not ………… (obey), you will be punished.
3. ………… you ………… (go) for a walk daily ?
4. The players ………… (warm) themselves up at the moment.
5. The train ………… just ………… (arrive).

III. Supply the correct form of the verbs (present tense) given in brackets :
1. Ask him what he (want).
2. The girls (rehearse) a play for the School Day.
3. She (absent) herself since Monday last.
4. What (make) you laugh ?
5. I (fly) to New York next week.