CBSE Class 7 English Tenses Simple Continuous Form Worksheet

Question. I usually ………………. to office by bus.
(a) go
(b) am going
(c) goes

Answer : A

Question. This .......................... on for a while.
(a) is going
(b) was going
(c) has been going

Answer : C

Question. I ……………………….. home.
(a) just reached
(b) have just reached
(c) Either could be used here

Answer : A

Question. He ..................... ill for several months before he died.
(a) was
(b) has been
(c) had been

Answer : C

Question. She ..................... any interest in politics.
(a) doesn't have
(b) haven't
(c) do not have

Answer : A

Question. I …………………… to Africa a couple of times.
(a) have gone
(b) have been
(c) Either could be used here

Answer : B

Question. The train ……………………. a few minutes ago.
(a) departed
(b) has departed
(c) had departed

Answer : A

Question. I missed the flight because I .....................
(a) have overslept
(b) overslept
(c) was oversleeping

Answer : B

Question. I ………………………. eight cups of coffee since morning.
(a) have drunk
(b) drank
(c) had drunk

Answer : A

Question. When I was a student, I …………………… a lot of time.
(a) wasted
(b) was wasting
(c) have wasted

Answer : A

Question. I know the man who ....................... pens near the railway station.
(a) sells
(b) is selling
(c) has been selling

Answer : A

Question. They ....................... the job by Monday.
(a) will finish
(b) would finish
(c) will have finished

Answer : C

Question. They ………………………….. the project by the end of this month.
(a) finished
(b) will have finished
(c) have finished

Answer : B

Question. This is the first time I ……………………… a car.
(a) drove
(b) have driven
(c) had driven

Answer : B

Question. I ……………………. for London tomorrow.
(a) leave
(b) am leaving
(c) will leave

Answer : B

Question. I asked around but nobody ........................ my cat.
(a) saw
(b) had seen
(c) has seen

Answer : B

Question. He .................... near the place where was born.
(a) was buried
(b) buried
(c) had buried

Answer : A

Question. They ………………….. to come.
(a) are agreeing
(b) agree
(c) have agreed

Answer : C

Question. He …………………………. in London for six years.
(a) is working
(b) has been working
(c) works

Answer : B

Question. The trains .................... late due to the snow storm.
(a) was
(b) were
(c) have been late

Answer : B

Question. She ....................... with her parents ever since she lost her job.
(a) has been living
(b) is living
(c) had been living

Answer : A

Question. When I lived in Mumbai, I …………………….. go to the beach every day.
(a) used to
(b) was used to
(c) will

Answer : A

Question. She ……………………… her studies before she went abroad.
Please select 2 correct answers
(a) finished
(b) has finished
(c) had finished

Answer : A, C

Question. She ...................... jobless since she moved to her village.
(a) was
(b) has been
(c) is

Answer : B

Question. It ………………………. for six months.
(a) hasn't rained
(b) hasn't been raining
(c) hadn't rained

Answer : A

Question. This is the third time my mother ……………………….. me this evening.
(a) phoned
(b) has phoned
(c) had phoned

Answer : B

Question. Don’t leave now. It ……………………..
(a) has rained
(b) has been raining
(c) is raining

Answer : C

I. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of verbs given in the brackets.

1. My father ____________ (leave) for Mumbai tomorrow.

2. The child ____________ (cry) because it cannot find its mother.

3. My mother ____________ (teach) in a college. She ____________ (go) there in the morning.

4. He ____________ (go) to Shimla tomorrow.

5. Thomas Edison ____________ (invent) the electric lamp in 1879.

6. Someone ____________ (knock) at the door.

7. Good boys ____________ (obey) their elders.

8. Water ____________ (boil) at 100°C.

9. Birds ____________ (fly) in the air.

10. I ____________ (receive) your letter yesterday.

11. The clouds ____________ (move) across the sky.

12. Sita ____________ (talk) gently with everyone.

13. I ____________ (try) to solve this sum.

14. He ____________ (study) hard these days.

15. I ____________ (write) a new book. I ____________ (hope) to finish it by the end of this It was cloudy in the morning, but the sun ____________ (shine) now.

16. Our country ____________ (make) steady progress under the present government.

17. It ____________ (rain) when I left the house.

18. Don’t disturb me. I ____________ (do) my work.

19. It seldom ____________ (rain) here in February.

20. The horse ____________ (gallop) across the fields.

21. month.

22. When I ____________ (go) to see him, he ____________ (sleep).

23. I ____________ (attend) the meeting tomorrow.

24. Cricket ____________ (originate) in England.

II. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of verbs given in the brackets

1. Air and water ____________ (be) necessary for life. Air ____________ (contain) oxygen which we inhale. We ____________ (release) a gas called carbon dioxide, which ____________ (consist) of carbon and oxygen. Trees ____________ (act) as our friends because under sunlight, they ____________ (break) carbon dioxide into two components and ____________ (consume) carbon which ____________ (be) the basis of the food for all the plants.

2. I ____________ (employ) a new servant, Hari. He ____________ (be) quite obedient, hardworking and submissive but sometimes, he ____________ (behave) very strangely. Last evening, I was alone. I ____________ (hear) his cries and ran towards him. He, at once, ____________ (stop) crying. He had not been actually crying, he ____________ (pretend). I ____________ (scold) him for his strange behaviour.

3. Once upon a time, three thieves, who ____________ (steal) a pot of gold in a distant town ____________ (return) to their village. They ____________ (pass) through a small town when it ____________ (grow) dark. Their village ____________ (be) still a long way away. Each of them had a doubt, “____________(be) it safe to travel through the forest with all this gold?”