Understanding English Tenses and Time Markers

The video tutorial provides a comprehensive guide to mastering English tenses using time markers. It covers simple, continuous, perfect, and perfect continuous tenses, explaining their usage with specific time markers. Examples are provided for each tense to illustrate their application in real-life scenarios.

What is the primary purpose of time markers in English?

• To confuse learners

• To replace verbs in sentences

• To make sentences longer

• To signal the correct tense to use

Which tense is used to express habits and general truths?

• Past Simple

• Present Continuous

• Present Simple

• Future Simple

Which of the following is a time marker for the present simple tense?

• Soon

• Always

• Tomorrow

• Yesterday

What does the past simple tense indicate?

• A future event

• An ongoing action

• An action happening now

• A completed action in the past

Which word is a time marker for the past simple tense?

• Next week

• Now

• Last year

• Soon

What does the simple future tense express?

• Hypothetical situations

• Past habits

• Future facts or certainty

• Current actions

Which of these is a time marker for the simple future tense?

• Yesterday

• Last month

• Now

• Tomorrow

What is the main use of continuous tenses?

• To describe actions in progress

• To express future plans

• To describe completed actions

• To talk about general truths

Which time marker is associated with the present continuous tense?

• Last year

• At the moment

• Tomorrow

• Yesterday

What does the past continuous tense describe?

• A habitual action

• An action in progress at a past time

• A completed action

• A future action