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What tense?

100

We train every Monday

Present simple

200

My sister is always talking on the phone

Present continuous

300

The city has existed for a millennium 

Present perfect

400

I've been running every morning for two years

Present perfect continuous 

500

While I was waiting for the bus, I listened to music

Past continuous, past simple

Present habits

100

We use ____ for routines and habits

We use present simple for routines and habits

200

We use ____ for actions happening now

We use present continuous for actions happening now

300

We use ____ for things that are generally or always true 

We use present simple for things that are generally or always true

400

We can use _____ with always, constantly, forever to talk about annoying habits 

We can use present continuous with always, constantly, forever to talk about annoying habits

500

We can use _____ with adverbs of frequency to talk about present habits and routines 

We can use will with adverbs of frequency to talk about present habits and routines

Past

100

We use _____ to describe finished actions or situations in the past, or to say that one thing happened after another 

We use past simple to describe finished actions or situations in the past, or to say that one thing happened after another 

200

We use _____ to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past

We use past perfect to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past

300

We use _____ to talk about activities in progress at a moment in the past, to describe scenes in a story or description, or to talk about an activity in progress in the past that is interrupted by another action

We use past continuous to talk about activities in progress at a moment in the past, to describe scenes in a story or description, or to talk about an activity in progress in the past that is interrupted by another action

400

While Jenny looked/was looking at her phone, she dropped her ticket

was looking

500

My mum and dad called me as I left/was leaving the house

was leaving 

Used to/would

100

We use ________ to talk about habitual actions in the past

Used to AND would

200

We can't use ______ to talk about habitual situations in the past

would

300

We use _____ to talk about a single action in the past

Past simple

400

We can use a negative form of _____ and we can't use the negative form of _____ to talk about past habits

Used to, would

500

We can/can't use the present form of use to to talk about present habits 

can't