Present Tenses

Simple Present

Form: Subject + base form of the verb (add 's' or 'es' for third person singular)
Usage: Describes habitual actions, general truths, and fixed arrangements.
Example: "She walks to school every day."

Present Continuous (Present Progressive)

Form: Subject + am/is/are + present participle (verb + ing)

Usage: Describes actions happening right now or ongoing actions.
Example: "He is reading a book."

Present Perfect

Form: Subject + has/have + past participle

Usage: Describes actions that happened at an unspecified time in the past or that started
in the past and continue to the present.
Example: "They have finished their homework."

Present Perfect Continuous

Form: Subject + has/have been + present participle (verb + ing)

Usage: Describes actions that started in the past and are still continuing or have recently
stopped.
Example: "She has been studying for two hours."
Past Tenses
Simple Past

Form: Subject + past form of the verb

Usage: Describes actions that happened at a specific time in the past.
Example: "He visited Paris last year."

Past Continuous (Past Progressive)

Form: Subject + was/were + present participle (verb + ing)

Usage: Describes actions that were ongoing at a specific time in the past.
Example: "They were playing soccer when it started to rain."

Past Perfect

Form: Subject + had + past participle

Usage: Describes actions that were completed before another action in the past.
Example: "She had left before he arrived."

Past Perfect Continuous

Form: Subject + had been + present participle (verb + ing)

Usage: Describes actions that were ongoing in the past up until another action in the past.
Example: "They had been traveling for hours before they found a hotel."
Future Tenses
Simple Future

Form: Subject + will + base form of the verb

Usage: Describes actions that will happen in the future.
Example: "I will call you tomorrow."

Future Continuous (Future Progressive)

Form: Subject + will be + present participle (verb + ing)

Usage: Describes actions that will be ongoing at a specific time in the future.
Example: "She will be studying at 8 PM."

Future Perfect

Form: Subject + will have + past participle

Usage: Describes actions that will be completed before a specific time in the future.
Example: "They will have finished the project by next week."

Future Perfect Continuous

Form: Subject + will have been + present participle (verb + ing)

Usage: Describes actions that will be ongoing up until a specific time in the future.
Example: "By next month, she will have been working here for a year."
These summaries cover the basic forms and uses of each tense.
Simple Present
Multiple Choice: Which sentence is in the simple present tense?
a) She is cooking dinner.
b) She cooks dinner every day.
c) She has cooked dinner.
d) She will cook dinner.

Fill in the Blank: He _______ (go) to the gym every morning.

Present Continuous
Multiple Choice: Which sentence describes an action happening right now?
a) He reads a book.
b) He will read a book.
c) He is reading a book.
d) He has read a book.

Fill in the Blank: They _______ (play) soccer at the moment.

Present Perfect
Multiple Choice: Which sentence uses the present perfect tense?
a) I eat breakfast every day.
b) I am eating breakfast now.
c) I have eaten breakfast.
d) I ate breakfast yesterday.

Fill in the Blank: She _______ (finish) her homework already.

Present Perfect Continuous

Multiple Choice: Which sentence describes an action that started in the past and is still
continuing?
a) I have been working here for two years.
b) I worked here two years ago.
c) I work here.
d) I will work here.

Fill in the Blank: They _______ (study) for three hours.

Simple Past
Multiple Choice: Which sentence is in the simple past tense?
a) He visits his grandmother.
b) He visited his grandmother.
c) He has visited his grandmother.
d) He will visit his grandmother.
Fill in the Blank: She _______ (buy) a new car last week.

Past Continuous
Multiple Choice: Which sentence describes an action that was ongoing at a specific time in
the past?
a) She will be cooking dinner.
b) She is cooking dinner.
c) She was cooking dinner.
d) She cooks dinner.

Fill in the Blank: They _______ (watch) a movie when the phone rang.

Past Perfect
Multiple Choice: Which sentence uses the past perfect tense?
a) I had finished my work before he called.
b) I finish my work before he calls.
c) I am finishing my work before he calls.
d) I will finish my work before he calls.

Fill in the Blank: By the time we arrived, the movie _______ (start).

Past Perfect Continuous

Multiple Choice: Which sentence describes an action that was ongoing in the past up until
another action in the past?
a) She will have been working.
b) She has been working.
c) She had been working.
d) She was working.

Fill in the Blank: They _______ (travel) for hours before they found a hotel.

Simple Future
Multiple Choice: Which sentence is in the simple future tense?
a) I eat dinner.
b) I am eating dinner.
c) I have eaten dinner.
d) I will eat dinner.

Fill in the Blank: He _______ (call) you tomorrow.

Future Continuous
Multiple Choice: Which sentence describes an action that will be ongoing at a specific time
in the future?
a) She will read.
b) She is reading.
c) She will be reading.
d) She reads.

Fill in the Blank: At 9 PM, they _______ (watch) TV.

Future Perfect
Multiple Choice: Which sentence uses the future perfect tense?
a) He will eat.
b) He will have eaten.
c) He eats.
d) He is eating.

Fill in the Blank: By next month, she _______ (finish) the course.

Future Perfect Continuous

Multiple Choice: Which sentence describes an action that will be ongoing up until a
specific time in the future?
a) They will have been traveling.
b) They travel.
c) They are traveling.
d) They have traveled.

Fill in the Blank: By 2025, I _______ (live) here for ten years.