Verb Tenses Revision

PRESENT SIMPLE is used to describe ...

• activities with visible effects in the present

• general facts / truths

• routines

• future arrangements

Which sentence is grammatically CORRECT?

• She go sometimes to work by bus.

• She goes sometimes to work by bus.

• She sometimes go to work by bus.

• She sometimes goes to work by bus.

PRESENT CONTINUOUS is used to describe...

• future arrangements

• an action in progress interrupted by another past action

• activities happening at the moment

• an incomplete past action

Which sentence is INCORRECT ?

• At the moment, I'm having a shower.

• Tomorrow, I'm meeting my friends.

• We're studying since 10 o'clock.

• In 10 years' time, I'll be living in London.

Which of these TIME EXPRESSIONS are used to describe an action in the PAST SIMPLE tense?

• since

• ago

• last week

• for

• lately

If a PAST action is FINISHED, we CAN use PRESENT PERFECT tense.

For example: Yesterday, I've tidied my room.

• TRUE

• FALSE

PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE is used to describe...

• an incomplete past action

• an action that started in the past and finished in the past

• an action that happened before another action in the past

• a past action with present results

Which of these TIME EXPRESSIONS are used with PERFECT TENSES?

• so far

• just

• yet

• already

• ever

Choose the option that best describes the meaning of this sentence: Marco has been studying English for 5 years.

• Marco studied English in the past but he isn't studying at the moment.

• Marco started studying English when he was 5.

• Marco started studying English in the past and he hasn't stopped studying.

• Marco studied English in the past but we don't know if he continues studying.

Which sentence is grammatically CORRECT?

• Before Kelly left her house, she had talked to her mother on the phone.

• Before Kelly had left her house, she talked to her mother on the phone.

• Before Kelly had left her house, she had talked to her mother on the phone.