Which Tense Is It?

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What is the Simple Tense?

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The Simple Tense describes an action that is happening now or a habitual action. It uses the base form of the verb (e.g., 'I sleep').

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What is the Perfect Tense?

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The Perfect Tense indicates an action that has been completed at some point in the past. It uses 'have' + past participle (e.g., 'I have finished').

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What is the Progressive Tense?

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The Progressive Tense describes an ongoing action. It uses the form of 'be' + verb ending in -ing (e.g., 'I am sleeping').

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What is a Linking Verb?

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A Linking Verb connects the subject of a sentence to a subject complement. It does not show action (e.g., 'She is happy').

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Example of Simple Tense in a sentence.

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'I play soccer every Saturday.'

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Example of Perfect Tense in a sentence.

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'I have eaten breakfast already.'

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Example of Progressive Tense in a sentence.

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'I am reading a book right now.'

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Identify the tense: 'They have traveled to Paris.'

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Perfect Tense (form of have + past participle).

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Identify the tense: 'She is running in the park.'

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Progressive Tense (form of be + -ing verb).

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Identify the tense: 'He plays the guitar.'

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Simple Tense (1 verb).