Tense Consistency in Complex Sentences Worksheet (Grade 7)
Free printable Grade 7 tense worksheet. Students choose the verb group that keeps perfect, progressive and future tenses consistent across a sentence. Answer key included.
Grade 7 · Grammar worksheet
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Tense Consistency in Complex Sentences
Verbs and verb groups across a sentence must agree in tense, including perfect forms (had waited, has broken) and future forms (will open). Choose the verb group that keeps each sentence consistent.
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AddedCalveCarriedEruptedHad lostWill fallHave sewnHas brokenWill closeWas pitching
- 1.Next term the school will open the new library and blank the old one.
- a) closed
- b) will close
- 2.Every winter the whales migrate north and blank in the warm bays.
- a) calved
- b) calve
- 3.By the time the bus arrived, we had waited an hour and blank our patience.
- a) had lost
- b) lose
- 4.The volcano had been quiet for decades before it suddenly blank .
- a) erupted
- b) erupts
- 5.She has trained for months and blank three personal bests.
- a) has broken
- b) broke
- 6.We have painted the set and blank the costumes for the play.
- a) have sewn
- b) sew
- 7.If the drought continues, the dam blank below half its capacity.
- a) fell
- b) will fall
- 8.The scientists collected the samples and blank them back to the lab.
- a) carry
- b) carried
- 9.He was reading the map while his sister blank the tent.
- a) pitches
- b) was pitching
- 10.The chef tasted the sauce, frowned and blank more salt.
- a) adds
- b) added
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