Overview Tenses

A: I am going to ask you some questions so that we can practice verb tenses. What do you do every day before you come to class? Name one thing.

B: I ______ breakfast.

• eating

• ate

• eats

• eat

A: What did you do last night? Name three separate activities.

B: Last night, I _____ dinner. Then I _____ some friends, and later I ______ a couple of letters.

• eat/visited/write

• ate/visited/wrote

• eaten/ visited/ wrote

• ate/visit/wrote

A: What are you doing right now? What activity is in progress right now, at this exact moment?

B: Right now I ______ to you. I _____ your questions.

• talking/ answering

• am talking/ answer

• talk/ answer

• am talking/ am answering

A: Where were you at this exact time yesterday? And what activity was in progress then?

B: Let me think. At this time yesterday, I was at the bookstore. I ___________ for the books I needed to buy for this class.

A: How many questions have I asked since we began this exercise?

B: I think you _____ me five or six questions since we began this exercise.

A: What have you been doing for the past 5 minutes? In other words, what activity began 5 minutes ago and has been in progress from then until now?

B: I _______ to you for the past 5 minutes. I started talking to you 5 minutes ago, and I am still talking to you.

A: Where will you be tomorrow morning?

B: I ____ in class tomorrow morning.

• will be

• be

• am

• was

A: What will you be doing at this exact time tomorrow? In other words, what activity will be in progress at this exact time tomorrow?

B: Right now I am sitting in the classroom. And at this exact time tomorrow, I ____ in the classroom.

A: What had you done by the time you got to class today? In other words, what is one activity that you had completed before you arrived in class today?

B: Well, for one thing, I _____ breakfast by the time I got to class today.

A: What will you have done by the time you go to bed tonight? Name one activity that you will have completed before you go to bed tonight.

B: I _____ dinner by the time I go to bed tonight.

• will have eaten

• will eat

• have eaten

• eat