Name the Verb Phrase
What is the Tense?
Past Forms
Present Forms
Future Forms
100

The verb and tense in the following sentence:   I walk to school every day.

walk, present simple

100

murder

present simple

100

The past tense verb:
a. play   b. played   c. will play   d. are playing

b. played

100

The present tense verb:
a. cleaned b. am cleaning c. had been cleaning d. will clean

b. am cleaning

100

The future tense form:
 a. study b. will study c. studied d. had been studying

b. will study

200

The verb (and tense) in this sentence:  The Native Americans fought many battles.

fought, past simple

200

was baking

past continuous

200

The past perfect verb:
a. had cooked   b. is cooking   c. can cook   d. cooks

a. had cooked

200

S + am/is/are + V-ing + O

present continuous

200

will have created

future perfect

300

The verb phrase (and tense) in this sentence:    We will take another quiz on verb tenses.

will take, future simple

300

had been learning

past perfect continuous

300

The past continuous verb:
 a. am thinking     b. is thought    c. was thinking       d. are thinking

c. was thinking

300

The present tense: 

a. missed b. misses c. will miss d. had missed

b. misses

300

Future tense verb:
 a. will be hurrying b. were hurrying c. hurries d. hurry

a. will be hurrying

400

The verb phrase (and tense) in the following sentence:  I will be getting a new car.

will be getting, future continuous

400

will have forgotten

future perfect 

400

S + ‘had been’ + V-ing + O

past perfect continuous

400

The present tense:
a. are learning b. were learning c. learned d. will learn

a. are learning

400

will dream

future simple

500

The verb phrase (and tense) in this sentence:    I have been listening to you complain for hours.

have been listening, present perfect continuous

500

am laughing

present continuous

500

Past participle of 'jump'
a. were jumping   b. had jump    c. jump    d. jumped

jumped

500

The present tense verb:
a) were focused  b) are focusing  c) will focus  d) had been focusing

are focusing

500

S+‘will have been’ + V-ing + O

future perfect continuous