English Tenses Review

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English Tenses Review

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1. English tense that expresses an ongoing past action was happening at a specific moment of interruption, or that two ongoing actions were happening at the same time.

Past continuous

Past perfect

Present continuous

2. Complete the following sentence using simple past or past continuous. He_________________ (dance) at the party when he_________(meet) his girlfriend

was dancing/ was meeting

danced/ was meeting

was dancing/ met

3. Complete the following sentence using simple past or past continuous. Susana_______________(arrive) while Tom______________(prepare) dinner

was arriving/ was preparing

was arriving/ prepared

arrived/ was preparing

4. English tense that expresses facts, scheduled events and routines.

Present Continuous

Simple past

Simple present

5.Complete the following sentence using simple present or present continuous.In the afternoons, my school (offer)______________ sightseeing tours in and around London. I____________( finish) my homework ,so I can go in the last tour.

is offereing/ am finishing

offers/ am finishing

offers/ finishes

6. English tense that expresses that an action has taken place once or many times before now.

Past perfect

Present perfect

Present perfect continuous

7. Complete the following sentence using present perfect or present perfect continuous.1. I_______ (write) e- mails since 10:00 this morning. So far, I______ (finish) about 20.

have been writing/ have finished

have written/ have finished

have been writing/ have been finishing

8. English tense that expresses an action that started in the past and has continued up to the present moment. It emphasis duration.

Present continuous

Present perfect continuous

Past perfect continuous

9. Complete the following sentences with present perfect or present perfect continuous. Laura is at the mall. She____ (shop) all morning. She___already___ (buy) three new pairs of shoes, two dresses, and a coat.

has bought/ has already bought

has been shopping/ has already bought

has been shopping/ has already been buying

10. English tense that expresses that action took place once or many times before another point in the past.

Past perfect

Simple past

Past perfect continuous

11. Complete the following sentences with past perfect or past perfect continuous. Last Monday, when I arrived to school, my classmates_____(present) the new topic.

have presented

had been presenting

had presented

12. Complete the following sentence with past perfect or past perfect continuous. When my plane departed, I______(make) the line to pass security for more than 1 hour.

had been making

had made

have made

13. English tense that expresses the idea that something is happening now, at this very moment. It is used to express future events.

Simple future

Present continuous

Simple present

14. English tense used to list a series of completed actions in the past.

Past perfect

Past continuous

Simple past

15. English tense used to show that an action started in the past and continued up to another point in the past. For and since are key words to emphasis duration.

Present perfect continuous

Past perfect continuous

Past continuous

16. English tense used to express the idea that two actions will be happening at the same time.

Future continuous

Future simple

Present perfect continuous

17. English tense used to express a plan, a voluntary action, a prediction , and a promise.

Simple past

Simple future

Simple present

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