Tense Revision - grammar

To talk about events that occured regularly in the past, we use

• the past simple

• the present simple

• the past continuous

"Before that, he had been to Canada" is an example of

• the present perfect

• the past simple

• the past perfect

The difference between the past simple and the present perfect lies in the fact that

• the past simple focuses on "when" rather than "that" something happened

• the past simple is about the past and the present perfect about the present

• there is no difference

A long action described using the past continuous is usually introduced by the word

• when

• while

• suddenly

"Last month", "When I was a child", "In 1986", are all specific time references that tell us to use the past simple. But what are these words also called?

• sign words

• signal words

• slang words

As I was reading a book, my brother ...

• was doing the dishes

• did the dishes

• has done the dishes

The present continuous has many uses. One of them is to talk about

• the distant future

• the near future

• the future in the past

How many auxiliary verbs do we need to form the negative of the past/present continuous?

• 2 - to be and to do

• 1 - to be

• 1 - to do

A phrasal verb is made up of

• a verb and an adjective

• a verb and an object

• a verb, an adverb, and/or a preposition

Some verbs have a regular and irregular form, such as

• bring

• lie

• strike