City Montessori School, Gomti Nagar Extension Class-VII Topic: Tenses I. Choose the correct option. If the train ______________________________ on time, we would have reached by now. a) arrived b) had arrived c) arrives now d) was arriving By the end of the day, the workers ______________________________ the entire wall. a) will be painting b) will have painted c) are painting d) would have painted She said she ______________________________ the book by that evening. a) will finish b) has finished c) would have finished d) would finish The documents ______________________________ by the time you return. a) will prepare b) has been prepared c) will have been prepared d) will have prepared He ______________________________ with that company for ten years when he finally resigned. a) worked b) has worked c) had been working d) had worked I ______________________________ a message from her since yesterday. a) am not receiving b) didn’t receive c) haven’t received d) hadn’t received When he arrived, the guests ______________________________. a) have left b) had left c) are leaving d) has left II. Read the paragraph carefully. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs given in brackets. Pay attention to the context to decide the appropriate tense. Every morning, the chef ______________________________ (prepare) fresh pastries for the bakery. He ______________________________ (work) here for ten years, and he ______________________________ (love) his job. Right now, he ______________________________ (knead) dough for croissants. While he ______________________________ (make) a new batch of bread yesterday, the oven ______________________________ (start) smoking. He ______________________________ (forget) to clean it the day before, so he ______________________________ (stop) everything and ______________________________ (scrub) it. Luckily, the problem ______________________________ (solve) quickly. By the time customers ______________________________ (arrive), the delicious smell ______________________________ (fill) the entire street. Tomorrow, he ______________________________ (create) a special cake for a wedding. He ______________________________ (hope) the couple ______________________________ (like) it. Formative Assessment III. Each sentence below has one error in tense. Identify and correct it. She is going to the market yesterday with her mother. Error: ______________________________ Correction: ______________________________ I am studying in this school since 2015. Error: ______________________________ Correction: ______________________________ By the time we arrived, the movie starts. Error: ______________________________ Correction: ______________________________ The students have completed their test before the teacher came. Error: ______________________________ Correction: ______________________________
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