ENGLISH TEST ON TENSES

Identify the tense of: He pointed without looking, because he was busy reading.

• Simple Present

• Past Continuous

• Simple Past

• Past Perfect Continuous

Identify the tense of: It’s not the little girl’s fault, Mrs Jones.

• Simple Present Tense

• Present Continuous Tense

• Present Perfect Tense

• Present Perfect Continuous Tense

Identify the tense of: Sure they had a teacher, but it wasn’t a regular teacher. It was a man.

• Simple Past Tense

• Past Continuous Tense

• Past Perfect Tense

• Past Perfect Continuous Tense

Identify the tense of the underlined part: She had been hoping they would take the teacher away altogether.

• Past Perfect

• Simple Past

• Present Perfect Continuous

• None of the above

Fill in the blank: She _________ for hours before he finally arrived.

• had waited

• had been waiting

• had been waited

Identify the tense of the underlined part: They have been studying for the exam since last week.

• Present Perfect Tense

• Present Continuous Tense

• Present Perfect Continuous Tense

• Simple Present Tense

Identify the tense of: The sun was shining brightly as they walked along the beach.

• Simple Past Tense

• Past Continuous Tense

• Simple Present Tense

• Past Perfect Continuous Tense

Identify the tense of: By the time we got to the cinema, the movie had already started.

• Past Perfect Tense

• Simple Past Tense

• Past Continuous Tense

• Past Perfect Continuous Tense

Fill in the blank: They _________ for hours before the guests arrived.

• had been preparing

• were preparing

• had prepared

Fill in the blank: She ____________ for over an hour by the time he arrives.

• will wait

• will be waiting

• will have been waiting

• will have waited