Tenses

Question 1

Simple present - use

Answer 1

• tells stories and facts
• what’s happening right now

Question 2

Simple present - how is it formed? + example

Answer 2

• infinitive verb
  > I talk

Question 3

Simple present - signal words

Answer 3

Usually, never, sometimes, always, often

Question 4

Present progressive - use

Answer 4

• describes an action happening at the moment

Question 5

Present progressive - how is it formed? + example

Answer 5

• to be + present participle
  > I am walking

Question 6

Present progressive - signal words

Answer 6

Right now, now, at the moment, just now

Question 7

Simple past - use

Answer 7

• action that happened in the past and is done

Question 8

Simple past - how is it formed? + example

Answer 8

• infinitive + -ed / irregular forms
  > I walked / I put

Question 9

Simple past - signal words

Answer 9

Yesterday, two days ago, last year

Question 10

Past progressive - use

Answer 10

• an on-going action from the past
• action from the past interrupted by another

Question 11

Past progressive - how is it formed? + example

Answer 11

• was/were + present participle
• He was running / They were talking

Question 12

Past progressive - signal words

Answer 12

While, when, as

Question 13

Present perfect - use

Answer 13

• describes an event that started in the past and is not finished yet
• events that finished recently

Question 14

Present perfect - how is it formed? + example

Answer 14

• have/has + past participle
  > I have walked / He has shared

Question 15

Present perfect - signal words

Answer 15

For, since, lately, many times, so far, already

Question 16

Present perfect progressive - use

Answer 16

• action in the past for a long duration that was interrupted by another

Question 17

Present perfect progressive - how is it formed? + example

Answer 17

• have/has been + present participle
  > We have been driving / She has been reading

Question 18

Past perfect - use

Answer 18

• used to show the order of two past events

Question 19

Past perfect - how is it formed? + example

Answer 19

• had + past participle
  > I had written

Question 20

Past perfect - signal words

Answer 20

Just once, not yet, already

Question 21

Past perfect progressive - use

Answer 21

• action that happened in the past that lasted for a while
• events that occurred before a certain event

Question 22

Past perfect progressive - how is it formed? + example

Answer 22

Had been + present participle
> I had been looking

Question 23

Present perfect progressive - signal words

Answer 23

For, since, when, whole week, for a long time

Question 24

Will-future - use

Answer 24

Expresses actions in the future (personal)

Question 25

Will-future - how is it formed? + example

Answer 25

- will + infinitive > I will walk

Question 26

Will-future - signal words

Answer 26

Later, tomorrow, next week

Question 27

Going to-future - use

Answer 27

- actions in the future (certain certainty)

Question 28

Going to-future - how is it formed? + example

Answer 28

- going to + infinitive > We are going to meet

Question 29

Going to-future - signal words

Answer 29

Later, tomorrow, next week