Quiz - Present Tenses - uses

This tense expresses habits, routine or regular repeated actions.

• Present Simple

• Present Continuous

• Present Perfect Simple

This tense expresses actions happening now.

• Present Simple

• Present Continuous

• Present Perfect Simple

This tense expresses situations that have continued from some time in the past until now.

• Present Simple

• Present Continuous

• Present Perfect Simple

This tense expresses events in the past which are now finished.

• Past Simple

• Past Continuous

• Past Perfect Simple

This tense expresses events that were in progress when another event happened.

• Past Simple

• Past Continuous

• Past Perfect Simple

This tense expresses events at a time earlier than another past time.

• Past Simple

• Past Continuous

• Past Perfect Simple

This tense expresses actions in progress up to the time in the past we are referring to.

• Past Perfect Continuous

• Past Continuous

• Past Perfect Simple

This tense expresses decisions made before the moment of speaking.

• Future Simple

• going to

• Future Perfect Simple

This tense expresses decisions made at the moment of speaking.

• Future Simple

• going to

• Future Perfect Simple

This tense is used to talk about timetables and programmes.

• Present Simple

• Present Continuous

• Present Perfect Simple