Forming tenses

Mary has been reading for 3 hours.

• Present simple

• Present perfect

• Present perfect continuous

• Present continuous

How do you form PRESENT SIMPLE?

• am/is/are + base form-ing

• base form / base form +-s

• base form+-ed or past form

• will + base form

The children were walking down the street when they saw me.

• Present continuous

• Past continuous

• Present perfect continuous

• Past perfect continuous

He sat down, took his boots off and looked at his feet.

• Present simple

• Past simple

• Future simple

• Past perfect

Susan had known about it for a while.

• Past simple

• Past continuous

• Past perfect

• Present simple

Present perfect is...

• had + past participle

• was/were + base form-ing

• have/has + past participle

• have/has+been+ base fo

Future continuous is...

• will + have + been + base form-ing

• will + be + base form-ing

What exactly.....at 8.15 yesterday evening?

• did you do

• you did

• have you done

• were you doing

When I got home, I realized I ....... my keys at the office.

• had left

• left

• have left

• was leaving

 I ...... to Australia but I'd like to go there some day.

• never went

• had never been

• have never been

• was never going