Mastering English Tenses

Identify the tense: She has been studying for three hours.

• Simple present tense

• Present perfect continuous tense

• Future continuous tense

• Past perfect tense

Convert to past tense: They will finish the project tomorrow.

• They finished the project yesterday.

• They finished the project today.

• They will have finished the project tomorrow.

• They are finishing the project tomorrow.

Use the perfect tense: I (to complete) my homework before dinner.

• I have completed my homework before dinner.

• I have been completing my homework before dinner.

• I completed my homework before dinner.

• I will complete my homework before dinner.

Formulate a question in future perfect: By next year, will you (to graduate)?

• By next year, will you have graduated?

• Will you have been graduated by next year?

• By next year, will you graduate?

• By next year, will you be graduating?

Recognize the tense shift: He was walking to the store when he sees a friend.

• He walks to the store when he saw a friend.

• He was walking to the store when he is seeing a friend.

• He was walking to the store when he saw a friend.

• He is walking to the store when he sees a friend.

Apply the correct tense: If I (to know) the answer, I would tell you.

• knows

• know

• knowing

• knew

Identify the tense: They had already left when we arrived.

• Past Continuous Tense

• Past Perfect Tense

• Future Perfect Tense

• Present Perfect Tense

Convert to present continuous: She (to read) a book right now.

• She is reading a book right now.

• She will read a book right now.

• She was reading a book right now.

• She reads a book right now.

Use the perfect continuous tense: They (to work) here for five years by next month.

• They are working here for five years by next month.

• They will have been working here for five years by next month.

• They will work here for five years by next month.

• They have been working here for five years by next month.

Formulate a question in past simple: What (to do) yesterday?

• What did you do yesterday?

• What you did yesterday?

• What do you do yesterday?

• What did you done yesterday?