Verb Tenses: Christmas Carol

"Scrooge refuses to give money to the poor."

• Simple Present

• Simple Past

• Present Progressive

• Present Perfect

"The ghost of Jacob Marley warned Scrooge about the three spirits."

• Past Simple

• Past Perfect

• Past Progressive

• Present Perfect

"The children are playing outside while Scrooge sits alone in his office."

• Simple Present

• Present Progressive

• Present Perfect

• Past Progressive

"Scrooge has learned the value of kindness by the end of the story."

• Simple Present

• Simple Past

• Future

• Present Perfect

"When the clock struck one, the first ghost appeared."

• Simple Present

• Present Perfect

• Simple Past

• Past Perfect

"He will celebrate Christmas with his family this year."

• Simple Present

• Future

• Future Perfect

• Past Perfect

"By the time the third ghost arrives, Scrooge will have seen his future."

• Future

• Past Perfect

• Future Progressive

• Future Perfect

"The spirits had already visited Scrooge by the time he woke up."

• Past Perfect

• Present Perfect

• Simple Past

• Past Progressive

"Marley’s ghost was warning Scrooge about his chains when the first spirit arrived."

• Simple Present

• Simple Past

• Future

• Past Progressive

"Scrooge had never cared about anyone until the spirits visited him."

• Simple Past

• Past Perfect

• Present Perfect

• Future