S2 - Continuous Tenses

Continuous Tenses

Multiple Select

These tenses can be continuous:

• present

• past

• present perfect

• past perfect

• future

• Be verb shows the TENSE

• V-ing is the main verb/action

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Continuous Verb Tenses

Multiple Choice

Which is present continuous tense?

• a. I am eating my breakfast.

• b. I was driving my car.

• c. I will be going to the supermarket.

Multiple Choice

I ... how to swim right now.

• am learning

• was learning

• will be learning

• have been learning

Multiple Choice

Which is past continuous tense?

• a. I am eating my breakfast.

• b. I was driving my car.

• c. I will be going to the supermarket.

Multiple Choice

Adinda ... her math homework when the phone rang.

• did

• does

• were doing

• was doing

Multiple Choice

Which is future continuous tense?

• a. I am eating my breakfast.

• b. I was driving my car.

• c. I will be going to the supermarket.

Multiple Choice

James ..... the choreography in a week.

• will practice

• will be practicing

• will have practiced

• would practice

Multiple Select

Which words are often used with present and past PERFECT tenses, including perfect continuous?

• at

• for

• since

• when

Multiple Choice

The enemy planes ____________ bombs on the area since 2 am last night.

• had been dropping

• have been dropping

• has been dropping

• have dropping

Multiple Choice

It ________________for two days before it stopped.

• had been snowing

• has been snowing

• have been snowing

• had snowing

Multiple Choice

Recently, she ______________ English in her free time.

• has taught

• had been teaching

• have been teaching

• has been teaching

Multiple Choice

What is often used with future perfect continuous:

________ this time next year, I will have been living in Singapore for 2.5 years.

• For

• By

• Since

• While

Multiple Choice

By this time next year, I ___________________ here for four years.

• will have been working

• will have worked

• will work

• will be working