P6 Tenses Level 1

Identify the tense.

The famous singer had been performing around the country for almost a year before she lost her voice.

• present perfect tense

• present continuous tense

• past continuous tense

• past perfect continuous tense

Identify the tense.

Eleanor was putting the cake into the oven when her brother came home from school.

• simple past tense

• past perfect tense

• past continuous tense

• past perfect continuous tense

Identify the tense.

Joe had finished his lunch by the time his favourite cartoon show began.

• present perfect tense

• past perfect tense

• past continuous tense

• simple past tense

Identify the tense.

Someone from the adoption agency will contact you this weekend.

• simple present tense

• simple past tense

• present continuous tense

• expression of future time

Identify the tense.

If you set fire to wood, it burns.

• simple present tense

• present perfect tense

• past continuous tense

• simple past tense

Identify the tense.

Yvonne and Kenny are practising their piano duet in the music room now.

• past continuous tense

• simple past tense

• present continuous tense

• present perfect tense

Identify the tense.

Anna has been looking for her watch since yesterday. It seems to have disappeared into thin air!

• past perfect continuous tense

• present perfect continuous tense

• present continuous tense

• past perfect tense

Identify the tense.

I spoke to Regina’s mother briefly at the supermarket yesterday.

• simple present tense

• simple past tense

• present continuous tense

• expression of future time

Identify the tense.

I was surprised to discover that Raymond has never seen a goose before.

• simple present tense

• past perfect tense

• present continuous tense

• present perfect tense

Identify the tense.

If Jack spoke French, he would work in France.

• simple past tense

• simple present tense

• present continuous tense

• expression of future time