VERB TENSES REVUE B1

I _____ anything about the night of the accident

• don't remember

• 'm not remembering

• wasn't remembering

Answer explanation

➪ Remember is a non-action verb and cannot be used in continuous verb forms.

➪ We use the present simple and not progressive with stative or non-action verbs.

After we broke up, she sold the ring that I _____ her for her birthday.

• give

• was given

• had given

Answer explanation

➪ We use the past perfect simple to talk about single actions completed earlier in the past.

We _____ our website.

• recently renewed

• have recently renewed

• are recently renewing

Answer explanation

➪ We can use the present perfect with expressions like recently to talk about recent past events that are relevant now. We don't say when the action happened.

We took off our clothes and _____ into the river.

• jumped

• were jumping

• had jumped

Answer explanation

➪ We use the past simple to talk about past events in chronological order; i.e. the main events of a story.

➪ First we took off his clothes, and then we jumped into the river.

A: You look fitter!

B: Yes, I _____ at the gym for the last few months.

• . 'm working out

• work out

• I've been working out

Answer explanation

➪ We use the present perfect continuous with action verbs (dynamic verbs) to talk about situations that started in the past and have not finished.

I'm pretty sure printed books _____ one day.

• are disappearing

• are going to disappear

• will disappear

Answer explanation

➪ We use will to predict future events that we think will happen.

Look at the traffic. We _____ late.

• are going to be late

• will be late

• are being late

Answer explanation

➪ We use be going to to predict future events that we can see will happen (there is present evidence).

____ your room yet?

• Do you tidy up

• Have you tidied up

• Did you

Answer explanation

➪ We often the present perfect with just, already and yet to talk about recent past actions.

I looked in the rearview mirror and saw that someone _____ us.

• had followed

• was following

• followed

Answer explanation

➪ We use the past continuous for actions in progress in the past.

➪ When I looked in the rearview mirror, the action of following was in progress.

I'm unemployed and I _____ for a job. Tomorrow I have my third interview.

• I'm looking

• look

• 've looked

Answer explanation

➪ We use the present continuous for actions in progress now or 'around now'.