Mastering Tenses in English

What is the simple present tense used for?

• To describe actions happening right now

• To indicate past events

• To express future plans

• The simple present tense is used for habitual actions, general truths, and facts.

Convert the sentence 'She walks to school' to past tense.

• She walks in school.

• She walked at school.

• She is walking to school.

• She walked to school.

Identify the tense: 'They will be playing soccer tomorrow.'

• Present Simple Tense

• Future Perfect Tense

• Past Continuous Tense

• Future Continuous Tense

What is the future perfect tense of 'to finish'?

• will finish

• has finished

• finished will have

• will have finished

Change 'He is reading a book' to future tense.

• He is going to read a book.

• He reads a book.

• He will be reading a book.

• He was reading a book.

What are the three main types of tenses in English?

• Simple, Compound, Complex

• Active, Passive, Perfect

• Present, Past, Future

• Present Continuous, Past Continuous, Future Continuous

Provide an example of a sentence in the present continuous tense.

• She reads a book.

• She was reading a book.

• She will read a book.

• She is reading a book.

What is the past participle form of 'to go'?

• goes

• gone

• going

• went

Identify the tense: 'I had eaten before he arrived.'

• Past Continuous Tense

• Present Perfect Tense

• Future Perfect Tense

• Past Perfect Tense

What is the difference between the simple past and past continuous tenses?

• The simple past is used for actions happening now; the past continuous is for actions that will happen later.

• The simple past indicates completed actions; the past continuous indicates ongoing actions in the past.

• The simple past describes future actions; the past continuous describes past habits.

• The simple past indicates ongoing actions; the past continuous indicates completed actions.