Verb Tenses

Which sentence is in the past tense?

• AShe walks to school.
• BShe is walking to school.
• CShe walked to school.✓
• DShe will walk to school.

Answer: 'Walked' is the past tense of 'walk'. It shows an action that already happened.

Choose the correct present tense form: 'He _____ every day.'

• Aruns✓
• Bran
• Cwill run
• Dhas run

Answer: 'Runs' is the present simple tense. It shows an action that happens regularly.

What is the future tense in this sentence? 'I _____ finish my homework tomorrow.'

• Afinish
• Bam finishing
• Cwill finish✓
• Dfinished

Answer: 'Will finish' is the future simple tense. It shows an action that will happen in the future.

Which sentence uses the present progressive tense correctly?

• AShe is studying for her exam.✓
• BShe was studying for her exam.
• CShe studied for her exam.
• DShe will study for her exam.

Answer: 'Is studying' is present progressive, showing an action happening right now.

Choose the correct past progressive: 'When I arrived, she _____ dinner.'

• Acooks
• Bwas cooking✓
• Chas cooked
• Dwill cook

Answer: 'Was cooking' is past progressive. It shows an action in progress at a specific moment in the past.

Which sentence uses the present perfect tense?

• AI ate breakfast.
• BI am eating breakfast.
• CI have eaten breakfast.✓
• DI will eat breakfast.

Answer: 'Have eaten' is present perfect. It shows an action that started in the past and continues to be relevant now.

What tense is used in: 'By next week, I will have finished the project.'?

• AFuture simple
• BFuture progressive
• CFuture perfect✓
• DPresent perfect

Answer: 'Will have finished' is future perfect. It shows an action that will be completed by a specific future time.

Choose the correct form: 'She _____ to school every morning.'

• Agoes✓
• Bis going
• Cwent
• Dwill go

Answer: 'Goes' is present simple. It describes a regular daily action.

Which sentence shows past perfect tense?

• AShe ate the cake.
• BShe was eating the cake.
• CShe had eaten the cake before I arrived.✓
• DShe will eat the cake.

Answer: 'Had eaten' is past perfect. It shows an action completed before another past action.

Identify the tense: 'The children are playing in the park.'

• APresent simple
• BPresent progressive✓
• CPast progressive
• DFuture progressive

Answer: 'Are playing' is present progressive. It shows an action happening now.

Fill in the correct tense: 'If I had known, I _____ told you.'

• Awould tell
• Bwould have told✓
• Cwill tell
• Dam telling

Answer: 'Would have told' is conditional perfect. It expresses what would have happened in an imaginary past situation.

Choose the correct form: 'I _____ living here for five years.'

• Aam
• Bhave been✓
• Cwas
• Dhad been

Answer: 'Have been' is present perfect progressive, showing a continuous action from the past to now.