Tenses Quiz

Identify the present simple tense in the following sentence: Doth she playeth the piano every day?

• played

• playing

• play

• plays

Identify the present simple tense in the following sentence: They always go to the park on Sundays.

• running

• will go

• ate

• go

Conjugate the verb in past continuous tense in the following sentence: I ____________ (study) when the phone rang.

• am studying

• studied

• was studying

• will study

Conjugate the verb in past continuous tense in the following sentence: They ____________ (play) football when it started raining.

• will playing

• were playing

• played

• was playing

Pray, dost thou discern betwixt present perfect and present perfect continuous: He hath lived in this city for five years. (Present perfect or present perfect continuous?)

• simple past

• past perfect

• present perfect

• future perfect

Pray, dost thou discern betwixt present perfect and present perfect continuous: She hath been reading that tome for two hours. (Present perfect or present perfect continuous?)

• Present perfect

• Present perfect continuous

• Future perfect continuous

• Past perfect continuous

Use future perfect tense in a sentence: By the next year, I ____________ (complete) my degree.

• completing

• will have completed

• will complete

• completed

Use future perfect tense in a sentence: By the time they arrive, we ____________ (prepare) everything.

• have prepared

• prepared

• will prepared

• will have prepared

Convert the following sentence from present perfect to past perfect tense: I have finished my homework.

• I had finish my homework.

• I have finish my homework.

• I had finished my homework.

• I has finished my homework.

Identify the present simple tense in the following sentence: He doth always eateth breakfast at 8 am.

• eateth

• eating

• eats

• ate