Mastering English Verb Tenses

Identify the verb tense: She is reading a book.

• Future perfect tense

• Present perfect tense

• Present continuous tense

• Past simple tense

Convert to present continuous: They play soccer every Saturday.

• They played soccer every Saturday.

• They are playing soccer every Saturday.

• They are play soccer every Saturday.

• They will be playing soccer every Saturday.

Identify the verb tense: He walked to the store yesterday.

• Future tense

• Present tense

• Past perfect tense

• Past tense

Convert to past: I am studying for my exams.

• I study for my exams.

• I was studying for my exams.

• I will study for my exams.

• I am studying for my exams.

Use past progressive in a sentence: I (watch) TV when the phone rang.

• I was watch TV when the phone rang.

• I was watching TV when the phone rang.

• I am watching TV when the phone rang.

• I watched TV when the phone rang.

Identify the verb tense: We are going to the park.

• Present Continuous Tense

• Future Simple Tense

• Past Continuous Tense

• Present Perfect Tense

Convert to past: She writes a letter.

• She wrote a letter.

• She has written a letter.

• She is writing a letter.

• She wrote letters.

Formulate present continuous: The dog (bark) at strangers.

• The dog is barking at strangers.

• The dog barks at strangers.

• The dog is barked at by strangers.

• The dog was barking at strangers.

Identify the verb tense: They were playing video games.

• Past simple tense

• Past continuous tense

• Future continuous tense

• Present perfect tense

Convert to past: He is cooking dinner.

• He cooks dinner.

• He is cooked dinner.

• He was cooking the dinner.

• He was cooking dinner.