Verb Tenses

Verb tenses indicate ___________ or ___________ as described by the verb.

• the time of action

• the type of action

• state of being

• the quality of action

Identify the tense- He works at a bank.

• Simple Present

• Present Continuous

• Present Perfect

• Present Perfect Continuous

Identify the tense- He has worked at a bank for five years.

• Simple Present

• Present Continuous

• Present Perfect

• Present Perfect Continuous

Identify the tense- He is working at a bank right now.

• Simple Present

• Present Continuous

• Present Perfect

• Present Perfect Continuous

Identify the tense- He has been working at a bank since 2015.

• Simple Present

• Present Continuous

• Present Perfect

• Present Perfect Continuous

Identify the tense- They visited Paris last summer.

• Simple Past

• Past Continuous

• Past Perfect

• Past Perfect Continuous

Identify the tense- They were visiting Paris when they met her.

• Simple Past

• Past Continuous

• Past Perfect

• Past Perfect Continuous

Identify the tense- They had visited Paris before they moved to London.

• Simple Past

• Past Continuous

• Past Perfect

• Past Perfect Continuous

Identify the tense- They had been visiting Paris for two weeks when they met her.

• Simple Past

• Past Continuous

• Past Perfect

• Past Perfect Continuous

Identify the tense- She will travel to Japan next year.

• Simple Future

• Future Continuous

• Future Perfect

• Future Perfect Continuous