Tenses in English

Which tense is used to describe actions happening at the present moment?

• Present continuous
• Past perfect
• Simple present
• Future perfect

Which tense is used to talk about habitual actions or general truths?

• Simple present
• Future perfect
• Present perfect
• Past continuous

Which tense is used to describe completed actions in the past?

• Simple past
• Past perfect
• Present continuous
• Future perfect

Which tense is used to express an action that will happen in the future?

• Future tense
• Simple present
• Present perfect
• Past continuous

Which tense is used to describe actions that started in the past and are still ongoing in the present?

• Present perfect
• Simple past
• Past perfect
• Future continuous

Which tense is used to express an action that is scheduled to happen in the future?

• Future simple
• Past perfect
• Simple present
• Present continuous

Which tense is used to express an action that happened before another action in the past?

• Past perfect
• Future continuous
• Simple present
• Present perfect

Which tense is used to describe actions that will be completed before a certain point in the future?

• Future perfect
• Present continuous
• Past perfect
• Simple past

Which tense is used to talk about an action that happened at an unspecified time before now?

• Present perfect
• Past perfect
• Simple present
• Future continuous

Which tense is used to describe actions that happened regularly in the past?

• Simple past
• Past perfect
• Present continuous
• Future perfect