Cbse English Class Vii - Tenses

ENGLISH
CLASS - 7
TENSES
Tense represents the form taken by the verb to comprehend the situation referred
to in time. For Example, Yash walked for 2 hours and then he went to sleep.
‘Walked’ signals the time of the ‘walk’ in the past. Tense is used to add ‘a time
factor’ to the sentence.
Tenses just like time are divided into 3 parts:
Past Tense Present Tense Future Tense
All tenses have progressive and non-progressive forms.
When a verb form is a complex, which involves more than one auxiliaries, it is the
first auxiliary that is marked for tense, not the main verb.
Simple Present Tense : It is used to express daily tasks, facts and universal truths.
The presemt tense is used to express what is happening or happens daily or it is a
fact in itself. Adding the letters s or es makes a simple present tense.
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Ex:
She writes a book.
New Delhi is the capital city of India.
Present Continuous Tense

It is used to express an action or an event happening at the time of speaking the
sentence.
Ex:
They are watching the movie right now.
He is writing a letter.
Present Perfect Tense.

The Present Perfect Tense is used to describe actions which are just completed.
Ex:
I have seen the movie you love the most.
He has been to India.
Present Perfect Continuous Tense.
We use Present Perfect Continuous Tense when the focus is on an action that is not
yet finished or completed.
Ex:
He has been playing for a day.
I have been working on this project for two months.
Past Tense
Simple Past Tense: It is used to indicate an action which happened in the past. It
often comes with an adverb of time. Sometimes it can be used without an adverb
of time. Used for the past habits.)
Ex:
I went to school yesterday.
You worked very hard for exams.
Past Continuous Tense:

The Past Continuous Tense is a very important tense in English. We use it to
express what we were in the middle of doing at a particular moment in the past.
Ex:
I was cooking last night for my cousins.
They were not playing scribbles when I checked on them.
Past Perfect Tense: It is very easy to understand and use in a sentence. This tense
talks about the event that happened in past. If two actions happened in the past, the
past perfect tense is used to display the action that took place earlier.
Ex:
We were too late, the movie had started.
I thought I had seen the movie before but I was wrong.
Past Perfect Continuous Tense- It is used to denote an event that started before a
point in the past and continued up to some time in past.
Ex:
They had been sleeping on the couch when I arrived.
Had the students been roaming outside the class?
Future Tense
Simple Future Tense:
This tense is used to express future events and happenings.
will/shall+verb
Ex:
Sita will ask the questions tomorrow.
They will never speak about this.
Future Continuous Tense: It is used to express an action which is going or
continuing in the future.
Ex:
He will be distributing promotion letters in the office tomorrow.
I will be playing football on the ground tomorrow.
Future Perfect Tense: It is used to express an action which will happen / occur in
future and will be completed by a certain time in future. We use the future perfect
to say that something will be finished by a particular time in the future.
Ex:
She will have completed her work by then.
She will not have written a letter.
Future Perfect Continuous Tense:

It is used to talk about actions that will start at a fixed point of time in future and
will go on for some time in future.
It focuses on the duration of an action that will be in progress before another time
or event in the future.
Ex:
They will have been staying at my Aunt’s house.
WORKSHEET
Complete the sentences using the correct form of the verb in

brackets.
1. You ………………to John when I saw you at the cafeteria yesterday. (talk)
2. You can wake him up now. He ………………for over three hours. (sleep)
3. What …………………..for a living? (your dad, do)
4. They …………………married next Tuesday. (get)
5. Before Mr Green went to bed, he ……………..his sleeping pills. (take)
6. They ………………everything by the time we arrived at the restaurant.

(already eat)
7. I think I ………………another ice cream. Can you get me one? (have)
8. I ………………a scary movie when suddenly my mobile phone rang. (watch)

9. I usually ……………..as a secretary, but this summer, I …………..to America
to study art. (work, go)
10. I hate living in Seattle because it ………………there. (always rain)
11. Bob is having a driving lesson. He ………………one before. (never have)
12. The road is closed. There ……………..an accident. (just be).
13. It ……………..for two hours and there is no sign that it will stop. (rain)
14. Do you think you …………the job in ten years time. (still do)
15. Most babies ……………to speak when they are two years old. (learn)
16. When Sarah arrived at the party, Bob ………….(not be) there.
17. When Ken gave up smoking two years ago, he ………..a smoker for over 30
years. (be)
18. I ………….Alan for ages (not see). The last time I …………him,
he …………..for a job. (see, look)
19. If you need to contact me, I …………..at the Hilton Hotel until 5 p.m. on Friday.
(stay)
20. I ………………my uncle since I came to town. (not see)
Key
Complete the sentences using the correct form of the verb in

brackets.
1. were talking 2. has been sleeping
3. does your dad do 4. will get
5. had taken 6. had already eaten
7. will have 8. was watching
9. work, I am going 10. always rains
11. never had 12. has just been
13. has been raining 14. will still be doing
15. learn 16. was
17. had been 18. have not seen. saw, was looking
19. will be staying 20. didn’t see

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Present Continuous Tense

Present Perfect Tense.

Past Continuous Tense:

Future Perfect Continuous Tense:

Complete the sentences using the correct form of the verb in

3. What …………………..for a living? (your dad, do)

4. They …………………married next Tuesday. (get)

5. Before Mr Green went to bed, he ……………..his sleeping pills. (take)

6. They ………………everything by the time we arrived at the restaurant.

7. I think I ………………another ice cream. Can you get me one? (have)

8. I ………………a scary movie when suddenly my mobile phone rang. (watch)

10. I hate living in Seattle because it ………………there. (always rain)

11. Bob is having a driving lesson. He ………………one before. (never have)

12. The road is closed. There ……………..an accident. (just be).

20. I ………………my uncle since I came to town. (not see)

Complete the sentences using the correct form of the verb in

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