Tenses

Fill in the blank with the right word

I always _______to bed early

• goes

• go

• gone

• went

Answer explanation

Use the present tense when you see these hint words in a question: always, usually, on Mondays, and everyday.

She is__ ____right now.

• worked

• works

• working

• work

Answer explanation

Use the present continuous tense when you see these hint words in a question: now, at the moment, currently.

Choose correct sentence.

• She will visit her grandparents next weekend

• She visits her grandparents next weekend

• She visited her grandparents next weekend.

• She is visiting her grandparents next weekend

Answer explanation

Use simple future tense when you see these hint words: tomorrow, next year, soon

Choose the correct answer

• After they completed the project, they celebrated their success at the restaurant.

• After they complete the project, they celebrated their success at the restaurant

• After they completed the project, they were celebrating their success at the restaurant

• After they will complete the project, they celebrated their success at the restaurant

Answer explanation

This sentence talks about two actions in the past that happened one after the other.

Use simple present tense when you see these hint words: yesterday, last week, in 2005, when

Fill the blank with the the right option

She_________her homework by the time I called her.

• finished

• finishes

• she has already finished

• had finished

Answer explanation

This sentence uses the present perfect tense to describe an action that was completed before another action in the past. The use of "has finished" connects the present action to a past point in time.

hint words: already, yet, never, ever, since, for

While I was study for my exams, my friends were playing football in the park

Find the correct sentence among the following.

• While I study for my exams, my friends were playing football in the park.

• While I was studying for my exams, my friends were playing football in the park

• While I was studying for my exams, my friends play football in the park

• While I was study for my exams, my friends were playing football in the park

Answer explanation

hint words: while, when.

Fill in the blank with the right option.

By the time she arrived, I ________eaten dinner.

• had already

• was already

• have already

• have

Answer explanation

The past perfect tense (had + past participle) is used to describe an action that was completed before another action in the past. In this case, "had eaten" shows that the action of eating dinner was completed before she arrived.

hint words: for, since

They ___________ (help) us with the project next week.

• help

• helped

• will help

• helping

At 8 PM tonight, I ___________ (study) for my exams.

• study

• will study

• will be studying

• was study

Answer explanation

Future continuous tense: To describe actions that will be happening at a certain time in the future

She ___________ (complete) the assignment by the end of the week.

• will complete

• has completed

• will have completed

• completes

Answer explanation

• The future perfect tense is used to describe actions that will be completed before a specific point in the future.

• It is formed using "will have" + past participle of the verb.