English Tenses: Present Simple, Continuous, Perfect, and Past SC

Which tense is used to talk about general truths or habits?

• present continuous

• past simple

• future simple

• present simple

Which tense is used to talk about actions happening at the moment of speaking?

• past continuous

• future continuous

• present simple

• present continuous

Which tense is used to talk about actions that started in the past and continue up to the present?

• past continuous tense

• past perfect tense

• future perfect tense

• present perfect tense

Which tense is used to talk about completed actions in the past?

• present simple

• past continuous

• future perfect

• past simple

Which tense is used to talk about actions happening in the past for a specific duration?

• past perfect

• past continuous

• past perfect continuous

• past simple

Which tense is used to talk about scheduled future events?

• future tense

• conditional tense

• present tense

• past tense

Which tense is used to talk about future plans or arrangements?

• conditional tense

• present tense

• future tense

• past tense

Which tense is used to talk about actions that will be completed before a specific time in the future?

• past tense

• present tense

• future continuous tense

• future perfect tense

Which tense is used to talk about completed actions in the past with a clear time reference?

• future simple

• past simple

• present perfect

• past continuous

Which tense is used to talk about actions happening in the past simultaneously with another action?

• present continuous

• past perfect

• past continuous

• past simple