Verb tenses review

Verb tenses review

Multiple Select

Choose all the sentences in Present Simple affirmative.

• I am talking to my mom.

• He works well with a team.

• Maria speaks very good Italian.

• We talked to our parents.

• Y'all are in a good mood.

Multiple Select

Choose all the sentences in Present Simple Negative.

• I'm so not happy about this.

• You don't want to do that, huh?

• Gary is at the office as we speak.

• The doctor doesn't recommend drinking with that pill.

• We aren't Mexican, I told you.

Multiple Select

Now, how do you make a question in Present Simple? Choose the correct formulas.

Subject = S

Verb = V

Question Word = QW

Complement = C

• S + V + C ?

• V + S + V + C?

• QW + V 'do' + S + V + C?

• QW + V 'be' + S + C?

Multiple Select

Choose all the questions in Present Simple.

• Are you Ok with this?

• Am I on the right bus to Tlaltetela?

• Do you want to watch that movie again?

• Does the teacher pretend that you mark all the questions?

• Are you sure?

A little trick: all simple tenses use 'do' as an auxiliary for negative sentences and questions.

Present Simple: do / does

Past simple: did

Multiple Select

You know what to do... choose all the Past Simple affirmative sentences.

• I told you!

• You were at the disco last night.

• Sheyla loves to go to the beach by herself.

• Clearly, he missed the point entirely.

• We just weren't there.

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You've got the idea by now... Choose all Past Simple negative sentences.

• I didn't feel like going to the movies.

• You wasn't writing the essay.

• Phil didn't want to spoil the surprise.

• She isn't talking to you, man.

• We weren't in the right place, again.

Multiple Select

Now, how do you ask questions in Past Simple? Choose the senteces with the right structure.

• Did you figure it out?

• How many tacos did Jhon eat?

• Was she there? Really?

• Did we have to mark all the sentences?

• Nah, we didn't need to mark them all?

Pay attention!

Read the following sentences carefully and decide if they are Present Simple, Past Simple or just wrong.

You've got 45 secs. only.

Multiple Choice

Laurie talked to the hotel manager about the towell incident.

• Present Simple

• Past Simple

• Wrong!

Multiple Choice

Really? You decides that after all.

• Present Simple

• Past Simple

• Wrong!

Multiple Choice

Oh honey, I'm sure about it,

• Present Simple

• Past Simple

• Wrong!

Multiple Choice

My doctor told me not to go to the beach this summer.

• Present Simple

• Past Simple

• Wrong!

Multiple Choice

Katy is a hell of a teacher! We love her.

• Present Simple

• Past Simple

• Wrong!

Multiple Choice

Did you bringed all the pizzas?

• Present Simple

• Past Simple

• Wrong!

Multiple Choice

OMG, did you hear the news yesterday? I was shook.

• Present Simple

• Past Simple

• Wrong!

Multiple Choice

Was that the right option for you? Seriously?

• Present Simple

• Past Simple

• Wrong!

Multiple Choice

No way! I don't think she's a better person than him.

• Present Simple

• Past Simple

• Wrong!

Multiple Choice

You was about to discover that there were a few mistake in that sentence. Be careful.

• Present Simple

• Past Simple

• Wrong!

Multiple Choice

Psyched! I told ya!

There were a few mistakes in that sentence.

• Present Simple

• Past Simple

• Wrong!

Multiple Select

Are you sure you paid attention to all the sentences? Maybe here you have more than one tense. Choose wisely.

• Present Simple

• Past Simple

• Wrong!

All right folks, let's talk about those Continous (Progressive) tenses.

Present Continous

Remember: continous tenses always use the verb 'BE' plus the main verb with '-ing'.

Multiple Choice

Am I using Present Continous right now?

• Yes

• No

• IDK (I don't know)

Multiple Select

Are these sentences in Present Continous? Choose the ones that are NOT Present Continous.

• Carol is very busy at the moment.

• We are not difficulting the process.

• My classmates are getting all the questions right.

• Are they really into that show?

• I'm so not trying to fix things among us.

Multiple Select

Let's see if you got it right: choose the sentences that are NOT Present Continous.

• Ok, we are talking about many freaking tenses today.

• They were reviewing all the subjects.

• My dad says I'm not allowed to go to the party, ha!

• Maybe one of these is present continous, maybe not.

• Are they all talking about us?

Multiple Choice

Now, I used PC in affirmative and questions, how do I make it negative?

• Duh, just add 'not' to the verb 'be'.

• Well, you have to use 'not' next to the main verb.

• Who knows? Really.

Multiple Choice

Is this a correct Present Continous sentence?

I'm not participating in this charade.

• Yes

• No

• Who cares?

Multiple Choice

Is this a correct Present Continous sentence?

Is the teacher serious about this.

• Yes

• No

• Who cares?

Multiple Choice

Is this a correct Present Continous sentence?

Are you thinking about answering everything with 'who cares'?

• Yes

• No

• Who cares?

Multiple Choice

Is this a correct Present Continous sentence?

Think again, maybe this Quizz will help you get awesome grades this semester.

• Yes

• No

• Who cares?

So, Present Continous and Past Continous are similar in a way: they both have the same structure.

A: S + be + V-ing + C

N: S + be not + V-ing + C

Q: QW + be + S + V-ing + C?

Multiple Choice

Present or Past, what is the Continous tense of this sentence?

All the teachers were taking a break from the classes, yay!

• Present Continous

• Past Continous

• None of them

Multiple Choice

Present or Past, what is the Continous tense of this sentence?

Were you going somewhere?

• Present Continous

• Past Continous

• None of them

Multiple Choice

Present or Past, what is the Continous tense of this sentence?

He will never speak of this again.

• Present Continous

• Past Continous

• None of them

Multiple Choice

Present or Past, what is the Continous tense of this sentence?

I was so not going to let you do that.

• Present Continous

• Past Continous

• None of them

Multiple Choice

Present or Past, what is the Continous tense of this sentence?

Mike was looking at the window while it was raining.

• Present Continous

• Past Continous

• None of them

Multiple Choice

Present or Past, what is the Continous tense of this sentence?

Did you finally go to the doctor?

• Present Continous

• Past Continous

• None of them

Multiple Choice

Present or Past, what is the Continous tense of this sentence?

Is this going to last forever?

• Present Continous

• Past Continous

• None of them

Multiple Choice

Present or Past, what is the Continous tense of this sentence?

Will this quizz ever end?

• Present Continous

• Past Continous

• None of them

Multiple Choice

Present or Past, what is the Continous tense of this sentence?

Surely, you weren't planning to keep it up for long.

• Present Continous

• Past Continous

• None of them

Multiple Choice

Present or Past, what is the Continous tense of this sentence?

If you paid any attention, you noticed that I wasn't.

• Present Continous

• Past Continous

• None of them

Multiple Choice

Present or Past, what is the Continous tense of this sentence?

Yeap, this is almost the last slide.

• Present Continous

• Past Continous

• None of them