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Tenses of Verbs - Usage Quiz

English multiple-choice grammar quiz about Tenses of Verbs - Usage

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Which tense is used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into the present?

A. Past Simple

B. Present Perfect

C. Present Simple

D. Future Simple


Which tense is used to describe actions that will have been completed by a certain time in the future?

A. Present Perfect

B. Future Simple

C. Past Simple

D. Future Perfect


Choose the correct Negative Structure of the Simple Past tense

A. did not + past participle of the verb

B. did not + present participle of the verb

C. did not + base form of the verb


Choose the correct Structure of the Present Perfect Continuous tense

A. has/have + PII

B. will be + V-ing

C. has/have been + V-ing

D. is/are + V-ing


Which tense is used to express an action that completed before a specific time/ an action in the past?

A. Past Simple

B. Past Perfect

C. Present Perfect Continuous

D. Future Continuous


Which tense is used to describe actions that happen in the future?

A. Present Simple

B. Past Simple

C. Future Simple

D. Near future


Choose the correct Structure of the Future Continuous tense

A. will be + PII

B. will + V

C. will be + V-ed

D. will be + V-ing


Choose the correct Structure of the Simple Future tense

A. will + base form of the verb

B. going to + base form of the verb

C. would + base form of the verb

D. shall + base form of the verb


In which tense do we use ‘have been’ or ‘has been’ to emphasize the duration of an action that started in the past and continues to the present?

A. Future Perfect Continuous

B. Present Perfect

C. Present Perfect Continuous

D. Future Perfect


Choose the correct Structure of the Near Future tense

A. would + base verb

B. will + base verb

C. be + going to + base verb

D. shall + base verb


Which tense is used to express a habitual action or a repeated action with a regular pattern?

A. Present Perfect

B. Future Simple

C. Past Simple

D. Present Simple


In which tense in the present do we add ‘ing’ directly after the verb in most cases?

A. Present Continuous

B. Past Simple

C. Past Continuous

D. Present Simple


Choose the correct Negative Structure of the Present Continuous tense

A. I am not eating

B. Am not I eating

C. I eating am not

D. I not am eating


Choose the correct Structure of the Past Perfect tense

A. have + past participle

B. had + past participle

C. had + past simple

D. has + past participle


Choose the correct Structure of the Present Perfect tense

A. Subject + have/has + past participle

B. Subject + will + past participle

C. Subject + had + past participle

D. Subject + have/has + base form verb


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