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Class 7 English — Continuous and perfect tenses

Recognise and form the present continuous, past continuous and present perfect.

Name: ________________________

  1. 1.Meera ____ in this town since 2018.

    • a) is living
    • b) lives
    • c) has lived
    • d) lived

  2. 2.Match each verb form to the name of its tense.

    • is writing
    • was writing
    • has written
    • writes
    • wrote
    • will write
    • present continuous
    • past continuous
    • present perfect
    • simple future
    • simple past
    • simple present

  3. 3.We ____ each other for ten years, and we are still friends.

    • a) have known
    • b) knew
    • c) know
    • d) are knowing

  4. 4.Put the parts in order to make one correct sentence.

    • I
    • the letter.
    • posted
    • have
    • already

  5. 5.Complete with the present perfect of "finish": I ____ my project, so I am free now.

  6. 6.Complete with the present perfect of "see": I ____ that film twice.

  7. 7.Look at the sky — it ____ heavily right now.

    • a) rains
    • b) is raining
    • c) has rained
    • d) rained

  8. 8.Complete with the past continuous of "cook": Mother ____ dinner when the guests arrived.

Answer key — Class 7 English — Continuous and perfect tenses

  1. 1. c) has lived
  2. 2. is writing → present continuous; was writing → past continuous; has written → present perfect; writes → simple present; wrote → simple past; will write → simple future
  3. 3. a) have known
  4. 4. 1. I 2. have 3. already 4. posted 5. the letter.
  5. 5. have finished
  6. 6. have seen
  7. 7. b) is raining
  8. 8. was cooking