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WorksheetsSURPASS 4 - UNIT 1 - TENSES REVIEW
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 17mins
I get up and go sleep every day.
Students study at school.
The simple present tense describes........
habitual and general or true statements
actions happening right now or temporary actions
actions started and finished in the past
experiences without specific time or frequency
I am studying English now.
We are learning tenses this week.
The present continuous tense describes........
habitual and general or true statements
actions happening right now or temporary actions
actions started and finished in the past
experiences without specific time or frequency
I bought a smartphone yesterday.
He was born in 1978.
They ate lunch at 1:00.
The simple past tense describes........
habitual and general or true statements
actions happening right now or temporary actions
actions started and finished in the past
experiences without specific time or frequency
I have been to Sucre.
She has never eaten fish.
We have not seen Titanic yet.
The present perfect tense describes........
habitual and general or true statements
actions happening right now or temporary actions
actions started and finished in the past
experiences without specific time or frequency
A: We do not have any more bread and sugar
B: I will go to the supermarket and buy some.
Future with ...WILL... describes........
decisions that are already made
decisions that are made at the moment of speaking
I am going to travel to Spain next week. I bought the tickets last month.
Future with .BE GOING TO... describes...
decisions that are already made before
decisions that are made at the moment of speaking
I am running now.
She is kissing his friend.
These verbs run and kiss describe:
Actions: What people do actively
Non actions: Abstract ideas like feelings, sensing, and belonging.
She wants her food now.
We need the package urgently.
These verbs WANT and NEED describe:
Actions: What people do actively
Non actions: Abstract ideas like feelings, sensing, and belonging.
We use WILL for:
• Hopes and predictions
• Plans and arrangements
• Scheduled future events
We use BE GOING TO for:
• Hopes and predictions
• Plans and arrangements
• Scheduled future events
We use SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE for:
• Hopes and predictions
• Plans and arrangements
• Scheduled future events
We use SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE for:
permanent situations
Temporary situations.
We use PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE for:
permanent situations
Temporary situations.
a) I worked as a carpenter in 1999.
b) My mother was sleeping when I arrived.
We use SIMPLE PAST TENSE to:
a) talk about a past state.
b) talk about a short past action that
interrupted a long past action.
a) talk about actions in progress at a specific time in the past
b) talk about a long past action that was interrupted.
a) I worked as a carpenter in 1999.
b) My mother was sleeping when I arrived.
We use SIMPLE PAST TENSE to:
a) talk about a past state.
b) talk about a short past action that
interrupted a long past action.
a) talk about actions in progress at a specific time in the past
b) talk about a long past action that was interrupted.
a) I was running at 6:00 pm yesterday.
b) We were driving when we saw the accident.
We use PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE to:
a) talk about a past state.
b) talk about a short past action that
interrupted a long past action.
a) talk about actions in progress at a specific time in the past
b) talk about a long past action that was interrupted.
a) I have eaten fish many times.
b) We have studied English since 2019.
We use PRESENT PERFECT TENSE to:
a) talk about a past state.
b) talk about a short past action that
interrupted a long past action.
a) talk about states in the past that started in the past and are still true now
b) talk about when the state began and for how long it lasted.
