PRESENT TENSES
Choose the correct form: “She usually ___ to work by bus.”
What is takes?
Complete the sentence: “When I arrived at the station, the train ___ already ___.”
What is had / left?
Is the verb transitive or intransitive? “The dog chased the cat.”
What is transitive? Chased has the object the cat.
Complete the sentence: “I think it ___ rain tomorrow.”
What is will?
Complete the sentence: “She ___ at this company since 2022.”
What is has worked / has been working?
Choose the correct form: “Be quiet! The students ___ an exam right now.”
What is are taking?
Which happened first? “She had finished dinner before her friends arrived.”
What is she finished dinner first?
Is the verb transitive or intransitive? “The baby slept.”
What is intransitive? Slept does not take a direct object.
Complete the sentence: “Look at those clouds! It ___ rain.”
What is is going to?
Complete the sentence: “I usually drink coffee, but today I ___ tea.”
What is am drinking?
Choose the correct form: “I ___ three emails so far today.”
What is have written?
Complete the sentence: “By the time we got to the theater, the movie ___.”
What is had started?
Which sentence is correct?
A. “She explained me the problem.”
B. “She explained the problem to me.”
What is B: “She explained the problem to me”? Explain is transitive, but it does not normally take a person directly as its object.
Choose the best form: “I’ve decided to study medicine. I ___ to medical school next year.”
What is am going to go?
Complete the sentence: “When the police arrived, the thief ___ already ___.”
What is had / escaped?
What tense is used in this sentence, and why? “My brother has lived in Portland for five years.”
What is the present perfect, used for an action/state that began in the past and continues to the present?
What tense is needed? “He was tired because he ___ all night.”
What is had worked?
(Depending on context, “had been working” would also be possible.)
Identify the direct object: “The scientist discovered a new species.”
What is “a new species”?
What is the difference between “I’ll help you” and “I’m going to help you”?
What is “I’ll help you” often expresses a decision made at the moment of speaking, while “I’m going to help you” suggests a prior plan or intention?
Identify the grammar problems and correct the sentence: “I am working here since January.”
What is “I have worked here since January” or “I have been working here since January”?
Correct the sentence: “I am knowing the answer.”
What is “I know the answer”? Know is normally a stative verb and is not normally used in the continuous form.
Explain the difference: “When I arrived, she left” vs. “When I arrived, she had left.”
What is “she left” = the leaving happened around that time, while “she had left” = the leaving happened before I arrived?
Why can we say “The students discussed the problem,” but not “The students arrived the problem”?
What is “discuss” is transitive and takes a direct object, while “arrive” is intransitive and does not take a direct object?
Correct the sentence: “According to the schedule, the train will arriving at 8:30.”
What is “According to the schedule, the train will arrive at 8:30”?
Choose the best answer and explain why:
“When I get home tonight, I ___ dinner, but I ___ my homework first.”
A. will make / will finish
B. am going to make / am going to finish
C. will make / will have finished
D. have made / finished
What is C: “When I get home tonight, I will make dinner, but I will have finished my homework first”? The future perfect shows the homework will be completed before another future point/action.