Tenses review: Basic

Match the following tenses with their right forms

• I am visiting

• Present continuous

• I will visit

• future

• I was visiting

• simple past

• I visit

• past continuous

• I visited

• Present simple

Match the following

• I had traveled

• Present perfect continuous

• I have traveled

• Past perfect simple

• I have been traveling

• Present perfect simple

Answer explanation

Note:

There is a slight difference between Am. and Brit languages when it comes to a verb, ending in "l". The British double it when we have simple past while the American do not:

Brit: I travelled

Am: I traveled

We use the present simple when ____

• we have a habitual action in the present

• we have a long action now

• we have a short action now

Select the right answers

• Bob visits his grandpa every weekend

• Look! He turns off the light

• Look! the baby sleeps

Answer explanation

The baby is sleeping. The action of sleeping is long. So, we use the present continuous.

Match the following sentences with their rules

• I turn off the light

• short action now

• always, usually, often, sometimes, rarely, never

• habitual action

• I always pray

• adverbs that describe the habit are:

We use the present continuous when ____

• we have a short action now

• we have a long action now

• we have a habitual action in the present

Match the following sentences with the right use

• Now, I am doing my task

• long action now

• I usually paint on Sundays

• habitual action in the present

• He opens the door and enters

• short actions now

Select the right answers:

• Today, we are learning how to use the tenses in English

• Now, the students stand up. They show respect to the principal.

• I rarely go on a picnic. I prefer watching movies or playing some games.

• The kids are siting while they are playing their preferable games

Answer explanation

The verb to sit is composed of:

a consonant + vowel + consonant ( CVC). Consequently,

we do not say: They are siting. We say they are sitting.

Example: He is putting the eggs in the basket.

We use the simple past when we ____ ( 3 answers are right)

• have a habitual action in the present

• had a habitual action in the past

• had a complete action in the past

• had a short action in the past

Match the following the following descriptions with the right examples

• Last night, I broke a vase

• habit in the past

• Last year, I always spent the weekend in the mountains

• Complete action in the past

• Last night, I wrote an essay

• short action in the past