Present Tenses
Which tense describes habitual actions?
(a) Present Continuous (be + bv-ing)
(b) Present Simple
(c) Present Perfect
(b) Present Simple
Which tense describes completed past actions?
(a) Past Simple (preterit)
(b) Past Continuous (be + bv-ing)
(c) Present Perfect
(a) Past Simple
Which way expresses a future plan or decision?
(a) will
(b) Present Continuous (be + bv-ing)
(c) be going to
(b) Present Continuous
Which tense shows a finished action affecting the present?
(a) Present Perfect
(b) Past Simple
(c) Present Continuous
(a) Present Perfect
Which tense is used for actions happening now?
(a) Present Continuous (be + bv-ing)
(b) Present Simple
(c) Past Continuous (be + bv-ing)
(a) Present Continuous
I ___ to school every day. (go)
go
They ___ Rome last summer. (visit)
visited
We ___ to Spain next week. (travel)
are travelling
She ___ her homework. She can play now. (finish)
has finished
He and his friends _____ a movie at the cinema. (watch)
are watching
Which tense is used for general facts?
(a) Present Simple
(b) Present Perfect
(c) Present continuous (be + bv-ing)
(a) Present Simple
Which tense is used for an action happening at a specific past time?
(a) Past Simple (preterit)
(b) Past Continuous (be + bv-ing)
(c) Present Perfect
(b) Past Continuous
Look at those dark clouds! It _____ . (rain)
is going to rain
They _____ their grandmother yet. (call)
haven't called
They ___ football at 4 PM yesterday. (not play)
weren't playing
Look! She ___ in the park right now. (run)
is running
She ___ TV when I called her. (watch)
was watching
I ___ a new phone for my birthday.
will get
I have worked here ____ five years.
for
I ___ a sick day tomorrow. (take)
am taking
My brother _____ a nice haircut. (not have)
doesn't have
We ____ here for 50 minutes! (wait)
have waited
We _____ a new source of energy soon. (not find)
won't find
_____ he ______ his mind?!? (lose)
Has he lost
____ you even _____ when I told you to stop?!? (listen)
Were you even listening