Basic English Gramar

Which of the following sentences is in Simple Past tense?

• I am eating breakfast.

• She played the piano yesterday.

• They were cooking dinner when I arrived.

Which of the following sentences is in Past Continuous tense?

• She has lived in that house for 10 years.

• He was sleeping when the phone rang.

• I had been studying for three hours when I took a break.

Which of the following sentences is in Past Perfect Continuous tense?

• We had been waiting for the bus for an hour.

• He had written the report last night

• She has been studying French for two years

Which of the following sentences is in Past Perfect tense?

• I will have finished the project by tomorrow.

• They had already left before we arrived.

• She is going to the gym later today.

Which tense is used to describe a completed action in the past that occurred at a specific time?

• Simple Past

• Past Continuous

• Past Perfect

• Past Perfect Continuous

Which tense is used to describe a completed action in the past that happened before another past action?

• Past Perfect Continuous

• Simple Past

• Past Continuous

• Past Perfect

Which tense is used to describe an ongoing action in the past that was interrupted by another action?

a. Simple Past

b. Past Continuous

c. Past Perfect

d. Past Perfect Continuous

• Past Continuous

• Past Perfect

• Past Perfect Continuous

• Simple Past

Which tense is used to describe a continuous action that started in the past and continued up to another point in the past?

• Simple Past

• Past Perfect Continuous

• Past Perfect

• Past Continuous

We _______ (study) for three hours before we took a break.

• were studying

• had studied

• had been studying

• studied

They _______ (work) on the project for a week when they realized they needed more time.

• worked

• were working

• had working

• had been working