CBSE Class 7 English Revision Worksheet Set 23

The tense refers to the time of action. The time can be present, past or future tens. The time running now is present, the time spent is past and the time to come is future. So the tenses are basically of three types-
• Present Tense
• Past Tense
• Future Tense

Future Tense

The future tense is a verb tense used for a future activity or a future state of being.
For example:
• I will jump in the lake. (This is a future activity.)
• I will be happy. (This is a future state of being.) Type of future tense-

Simple Future Tense:- The simple future tense is used for an action that will occur in the future.
Ex.
• I will go.
• We will celebrate our anniversary by flying to New York.

1. Future Progressive Tense :- The future progressive tense is used for an ongoing action that will occur in the future.

Ex.
• I will be going.
• The Moscow State Circus will be performing in Cheltenham for the next 3 weeks.

2. Future Perfect Tense:- The future perfect tense is used to describe an action that will have been completed at some point in the future.

Ex.
• I will have gone.
• By the time you arrive, we will have finished the meal and the speeches.

3. Future Perfect Progressive Tense :- The future perfect progressive tense is used for an ongoing action that will be completed at some specified time in the future. For example:
• John will have been baking a cake.
• They will have been painting the fence.

Exercise:-

Q1. Rewrite the following sentences changing the Verb into the Future Tense :

1. I reached the station after the train had left.

2. The log of wood broke and they fell into the ditch.

3. They bound his hand and foot and held him fast.

4. I broke the lock open and got into the room.

3. The gardener was watering the plants. 6. You have really committed a blunder. 7. He found her weeping bitterly.

Q2. Fill in the following blanks with correct tense of the verbs given in brackets:

(Future Perfect Tense)

1. The picture ………..by the time we reach the hail. (start)

2. ………..you ………..your studies by 2009 ? (finish)

3. The farmers ………..not ………..the harvest before September. (reap)

4. I ………..exercise before the sun rises. (take)

5. He ………..his lesson by next week. (learn)

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