CBSE Class 7 English Tenses, Narration, Question Tags and Punctuation Worksheet Set 33

Answer: have been living

Teacher's Note:
1. 'Since' with a starting point needs a present perfect form.
2. The action began in the past and is still going on.

Answer: wrote

Teacher's Note:
1. 'Yesterday' names a finished time, so the simple past is used.
2. The present perfect cannot go with it.

Answer: wear

Teacher's Note:
1. 'People' is plural and the sentence states a custom.
2. The simple present verb therefore has no -s.

Answer: are shifting

Teacher's Note:
1. The present continuous can show a fixed plan in the near future.
2. 'Next week' points forward, so the past form is wrong.

Answer: boils

Teacher's Note:
1. A scientific fact is written in the simple present.
2. 'Water' is singular, so the verb takes -s.

Answer: had jumped

Teacher's Note:
1. This is a third-conditional sentence about an unreal past.
2. The if-clause takes the past perfect.

Answer: shall go

Teacher's Note:
1. 'Next week' needs a future form.
2. 'Shall' goes with 'we' in formal usage.

Answer: Amit is covering her notebook with a brown sheet.

Teacher's Note:
1. Present continuous is 'is/am/are + verb-ing'.
2. 'Amit' takes 'is'.

Answer: She had sung a song.

Teacher's Note:
1. Past perfect is 'had + past participle'.
2. The past participle of 'sing' is 'sung'.

Answer: Rama has been playing.

Teacher's Note:
1. The form is 'has/have been + verb-ing'.
2. 'Rama' is singular, so use 'has'.

Answer: The ship will have been sailing to Singapore.

Teacher's Note:
1. The form is 'will have been + verb-ing'.
2. It stresses an action continuing up to a future time.

Answer: I had read a book.

Teacher's Note:
1. Past perfect uses 'had' with the past participle.
2. 'Read' keeps its spelling but is pronounced 'red'.

Answer: Father told us to pay attention to what he said.

Teacher's Note:
1. A command is reported with 'told ...
2. to'. 'I' becomes 'he' and 'say' becomes 'said'.

Answer: Our teacher advised us to always work hard and trust in God.

Teacher's Note:
1. Advice is reported with 'advised ...
2. to'. Both verbs follow the same infinitive.

Answer: His uncle asked him when he had heard the sound at night.

Teacher's Note:
1. A wh-question keeps its question word.
2. The word order becomes that of a statement.

Answer: My brother exclaimed that the night was very dark.

Teacher's Note:
1. An exclamation is reported with 'exclaimed that'.
2. 'How dark' becomes 'very dark'.

Answer: Ruhani told her brother that he had spoilt her painting.

Teacher's Note:
1. 'You' becomes 'he' and 'my' becomes 'her'.
2. The present perfect shifts to the past perfect.

Answer: Vipul asked his brother if he would play football with him.

Teacher's Note:
1. A yes/no question uses 'if'.
2. 'Will' becomes 'would' and 'me' becomes 'him'.

Answer: I told Ravi that he would soon adjust there.

Teacher's Note:
1. 'Will' changes to 'would'.
2. 'Here' becomes 'there'.

Answer: Little Bunny asked his father if he had brought some candies for him.

Teacher's Note:
1. The present perfect becomes the past perfect.
2. 'You' refers to the father and becomes 'he'.

Answer: She said that a burnt child dreads the fire.

Teacher's Note:
1. A proverb or general truth keeps its tense.
2. Only the reporting word 'that' is added.

Answer: Pankaj told his mother that he had to go to attend his friend's birthday party that day.

Teacher's Note:
1. 'Today' becomes 'that day' and 'my' becomes 'his'.
2. 'Had to' already looks backward, so it stays the same.

Answer: isn't it

Teacher's Note:
1. A positive statement takes a negative tag.
2. The helping verb 'is' is repeated.

Answer: will you

Teacher's Note:
1. A negative statement takes a positive tag.
2. 'Will' is repeated.

Answer: won't he

Teacher's Note:
1. The statement is positive, so the tag is negative.
2. 'Will not' is contracted to 'won't'.

Answer: didn't she

Teacher's Note:
1. The simple past is tagged with 'did'.
2. A positive statement needs a negative tag.

Answer: do they

Teacher's Note:
1. 'Never' makes the statement negative, so the tag is positive.
2. The simple present uses 'do'.

Answer: is he

Teacher's Note:
1. The statement is negative, so the tag is positive.
2. The helping verb is 'is'.

Answer: have you

Teacher's Note:
1. A negative statement takes a positive tag.
2. 'Have' is repeated.

Answer: aren't I

Teacher's Note:
1. 'Am I not' is shortened to 'aren't I' by custom.
2. 'Amn't I' is not used.

Answer: should we

Teacher's Note:
1. The statement is negative, so the tag is positive.
2. 'Should' is repeated.

Answer: After their long walk, the boys' noses were red with cold.

Teacher's Note:
1. A comma follows the introductory phrase.
2. The apostrophe shows that the noses belong to the boys.

Answer: As well as being an excellent basketball player, the girl was also a member of the winning squash team.

Teacher's Note:
1. Put a comma after the opening phrase.
2. Start with a capital letter and end with a full stop.

Answer: All of these books are to be catalogued in the geology, natural history, philosophy and science fiction sections.

Teacher's Note:
1. Items in a list are separated by commas.
2. 'And' replaces the last comma.

Answer: Charu suggested, "Let's Taru sing it; she's always singing at home."

Teacher's Note:
1. Names start with capital letters and apostrophes show missing letters.
2. Quotation marks enclose the exact words.

Answer: You must have seen the statue of a fat, laughing Buddha, often displayed in homes, temples, restaurants and other businesses.

Teacher's Note:
1. Commas separate adjectives and list items.
2. Proper nouns such as Buddha take a capital letter.

Answer: "No, thanks. I am staying with a school friend of mine."

Teacher's Note:
1. A comma follows 'no' and a full stop ends the first sentence.
2. 'I' is always a capital.

Answer: "What would you like to order, sir?"

Teacher's Note:
1. A comma sets off the person addressed.
2. The sentence is a question, so it ends with a question mark.

Answer: To make chocolate, people need to add other ingredients to the paste, such as milk, sugar and cocoa butter.

Teacher's Note:
1. A comma follows the opening phrase and another comes before 'such as'.
2. Items in the list are separated by commas.