English Grammar

Question 1

Past progressive:

Answer 1

Used to speak of an action that was in progress in the past when another event occurred.

Question 2

Example of Past Progressive:

Answer 2

“He was running very fast when he fell.”

Question 3

Present Perfect:

Answer 3

Expresses that something happened (or didn’t happen) at an unspecific time in the past up until the present.

Question 4

Example of Past Perfect:

Answer 4

I have been coming here since I was a child.

Question 5

Present Perfect:

Answer 5

Something happened in the relatively recent past but the action is not finished.

Question 6

Example of Present Perfect:

Answer 6

We have been seeing a lot of rainy days.

Question 7

Present progressive:

Answer 7

The action is right now.

Question 8

Example of present progressive:

Answer 8

We are having a delicious lunch.

Question 9

Simple future

Answer 9

The action will happen at some time in the future.

Question 10

Example of simple future

Answer 10

I will see you tomorrow.

Question 11

Past perfect progressive:

Answer 11

The action had been going on for a period of time in the past when another action, also in the past, occurred.

Question 12

Example of past progressive:

Answer 12

I had been sleeping for an hour when you phoned.

Question 13

Future perfect progressive:

Answer 13

The action continues up to a point of time in the future.

Question 14

Example of future perfect progressive:

Answer 14

I will have been working here for two years in March,

Question 15

Future perfect tense:

Answer 15

expresses an action in the future before another action in the future.

Question 16

Example of future perfect tense:

Answer 16

By the time he gets home, she is going to have cleaned the entire house.

Question 17

Future Progressive tense:

Answer 17

expresses a continuing action in the future.

Question 18

Example of future progressive tense:

Answer 18

The teams will be playing soccer when we arrive.

Question 19

Past perfect tense

Answer 19

Two events happened in the past and establishes which event happened first.

Question 20

Example of past perfect tense:

Answer 20

The party had just started when the coach arrived.