Verb Tenses & Aspects Revision

Verb Tenses & Aspects Revision

By Ana Blair

Let's do a quick review of the basics.

Answer the following questions with your own points.

Multiple Choice

What is a verb?

• a word that tells an action and state of being

• a word that describes a noun

• a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea

• a word that connects a subject to a predicate in a sentence

Multiple Choice

How many types of verbs are there?

• 5

• 3

• 2

• 8

Multiple Choice

What are the three tenses that all verbs have?

• simple, progressive, and perfect

• past, perfect, and present

• past, present, and future

• present, perfect, and progressive

Multiple Choice

What does the aspect of a verb tell us?

• the correct form of the verb to be used in a sentence

• when an action takes place

• the duration of the action in relation to the flow of time

Go through the information on the following slides based on our not

Time for Review!

• The simple aspect for verbs is used when we want to indicate actions that are customary, habitual, general, or factual.

• It is formed by using a relevant suffix attached to the main verb in the sentence.​

​​THE SIMPLE ASPECT

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• indicates actions that are habitual or factual

• uses the bare base verb or the '-s/-es' suffix for the singular subject

SIMPLE PRESENT

SIMPLE PAST

SIMPLE FUTURE

• indicates actions that are completed and done

• uses the past tense form of verb with the '-ed' suffix

• indicates actions that are predicted to happen, later

• uses the word 'will' plus the base verb

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is in the future form.

• We play tennis every morning.

• They lived in Spain.

• He will become a good person.

• I run every weekend.

Multiple Choice

Lots of people will go on vacation this summer.

• Present

• Past

• Future

Multiple Choice

Dr. Smith healed the patient.

• Present

• Past

• Future

Multiple Choice

Write the appropriate tense of the verb:
My friends __________ me. (simple past tense of 'to support')

• was supporting
• had been supporting
• supported
• are supporting

Multiple Choice

Write the appropriate tense of the verb:
I _________ the book on time. (simple future tense of 'to return')

• am returning
• will have to return
• would return
• will return

Multiple Select

Emily ___________________ delicious cookies

• make

• makes

Multiple Choice

Which is Not an example of Simple Verb Aspect

• runs

• will run

• ran

• has run

Multiple Choice

Ian will go to Canada during the February break. What tense is the verb in?

• Past tense
• Present tense
• Future tense

Multiple Choice

Jayden instructed a class of 10 students. What tense is the verb in?

• Past
• Present
• Future

Multiple Choice

Liza carried Toby and brought him to the clinic.

• simple present

• simple past

• simple future

• The progressive aspect for verbs is used to indicate when something is ongoing, temporary, or incomplete up to a certain point in time.

• It is formed by using the relative form of the verb 'to be' and the '-ing' suffix on the main verb

​​THE PROGRESSIVE ASPECT

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• indicates actions that are currently happening

• uses 'is', 'am' or 'are' (depending on the subject) plus the -ing form of the main verb

PRESENT PROGRESSIVE

PAST PROGRESSIVE

FUTURE PROGRESSIVE

• indicates a past action that was happening at the time of another past action

• uses 'was' or 'were' (depending on the subject) and -ing form of main verb

• indicates actions that occur in the future and continue for a length of time

• uses 'will be' + the '-ing' form of the main verb

Multiple Choice

He was running.

• present perfect progressive
• past progressive
• past perfect progressive
• future perfect progressive

Multiple Choice

They will be fighting.

• present progressive
• future perfect progressive
• past perfect progressive
• future progressive

Multiple Choice

She is swimming.

• present perfect progressive
• present progressive
• past progressive
• future progressive

Multiple Choice

They were dancing.

• past perfect progressive
• present progressive
• past progressive
• presents are fun at christmas

Multiple Choice

Choose the word that best completes the sentence.

Sam and Charlie ______ the soccer ball around at recess.

• were kicking

• is kicking

• was kicking

• kicking

Multiple Choice

Choose the word that best completes the sentence.

Brendan _________ his family make dinner.

• helping

• is helping

• are helping

• were helping

Multiple Choice

Choose the word that best completes the sentence.

Logan ________ around Europe this summer.

• was traveled

• were traveling

• traveling

• was traveling

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct verb to complete the sentence.

I _____ to the park tomorrow with my friends.

• will be going

• are going

• is going

• were going

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct verbs to complete the sentence.

This afternoon, we ____ for the test.

• will be studying

• is studying

• were study

• will be study

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct verb tense for the following sentence.

My students __________ a new chapter book this week.

• reading

• was reading

• are reading

• is reading

Answer the questions on the following slides to the best of your ability.

Multiple Choice

Which tense is used to describe an action in progress in the past?

• Past simple

• Present continuous

• Present simple

• Past continuous

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct tense for the next sentence

Kathy and Karoll were training very hard for the next competition.

• Present simple

• past continuous

• past simple

• present continuous

Multiple Choice

Which is the correct past form of the verb?

• Take

• taked

• took

Multiple Choice

Which is the correct form of the verb to be in past for the subject "The girl and her friends"?

• was

• were

• been

Multiple Choice

Thanh and Mai always …………………… a movie on Saturdays.

• see

• sees

• seeing

• saw

Multiple Choice

We .......students in class 12A1.

• is

• am

• are

• be

Multiple Choice

My cat ........in the kitchen now.

• is eating

• are eating

• am eating

• eating

Multiple Choice

Look! The boys..........running

• is running

• running

• are runing

• are running

Multiple Choice

Lana and Peter ................at the present

• is crying

• are crying

• is criing

• are criing

Multiple Select

Rayan and Hanlin were hiding behind the door.

• Simple Past Tense

• Past Progressive Tense

Multiple Select

Kyle and Yui Chen sang the National Anthem proudly.

• Simple Past Tense

• Past Progressive Tense

Multiple Select

Lucas and Mikayla were jogging together.

• Simple Past Tense

• Past Progressive Tense

Multiple Select

Anish helped Maisarah to sweep the floor.

• Simple Past Tense

• Past Progressive Tense

Multiple Select

Leandra was playing with her dolls with Ler Hui.

• Simple Past Tense

• Past Progressive Tense

Multiple Choice

Which sentence has a verb in the progressive tense?

• Mia will answer the assessment tomorrow.

• Mia answered the assessment yesterday.

• Mia is answering the assessment right now.

• Mia answers the assessment.

Multiple Choice

What is the tense of the underlined verb?

The students were answering the assessment the entire morning.

• simple future

• present progressive

• past progressive

• future progressive

Multiple Choice

What is the tense of the underlined verb?

The bus will be leaving tomorrow at 9:00 a.m.

• simple future

• present progressive

• past progressive

• future progressive

Multiple Choice

Which is a future progressive verb phrase?

• is presenting

• will present

• were presenting

• will be presenting

Multiple Choice

I _____ the work given by my teacher online.

• will finish

• would finish

• will be finishes

Multiple Choice

May Lee _____ her laptop on the table because it may

get stolen.

• will not leave

• would leave

• will leave

Multiple Choice

Veejay _____ the door for the guests who are coming for the

Information Technology exhibition.

• will open

• would open

• will be open

Multiple Choice

SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

1. She __________ with her parents in London.

• lived

• lives

• living

• live

Multiple Choice

SIMPLE PAST TENSE

3. The weather (be) ____________ strangely fine this morning when I opened the windows.

• is

• am

• was

• should

Multiple Choice

PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

5. Sara was _____________ (run) because she was late for her classes.

• ran

• run

• runs

• running

Multiple Choice

PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

7. The phone rang while I ________________ dinner.

• had

• was having

• am having

• will have