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How well do you know tenses?

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How well do you know tenses?
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1.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Choose the sentences below that describe a temporary situation:

I'm getting up at about 5 a.m. for my current job.

Mark is a policeman who's on night call 5 times a week.

Shut up! We're reading a research paper.

She seldom comes late to work.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

I met (V1) Kathy when we were both working (V2) for this really awful boss.

V1 describes an action in progress at a time in the past. V2 describes a single action in the past.

Both V1 and V2 describe an action in progress at a time in the past.

Both V1 and V2 describe a single action in the past.

V1 describes a single action in the past. V2 describes an action in progress at a time in the past.

3.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Choose the correct options:

I don't remember its name.

I'm not remembering its name.

My uncle owned a farm when I was a child.

My uncle was owning a farm when I was a child.

4.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

... verbs cannot be used in continuous tenses (with -ing). They refer to emotions, beliefs, opinions, senses, and other states of being.

5.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Choose the state verbs:

like

think

seem

believe

want

6.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Look at the example sentences and choose the correct options in the rule.

My aunt and uncle used to own a farm.

I used to spend hours staring at the fish.

Used to describes habits/states/single actions in the past/present. (3 correct answers)

habits

states

single actions

past

present

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Look at the sentences below. Which action in bold happened first?

The house where I was born was quite small. My parents had bought it from an old man.

the birth

the buying of the house

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