tenses Flashcards
1
Q
Writing: Present Simple
A
verb + s
2
Q
Writing: Present Continuous
A
to be (am, are, is) + verb + ing
3
Q
Writing: Past Simple
A
verb + ed
4
Q
Writing: Past Perfect Simple
A
had + past particle
4
Q
Writing: Past perfect continuous
A
had + been + verb + ing
5
Q
Writing: Past Continuous
A
to be (am, are, is) + verb + ing
6
Q
Writing: Present Perfect Simple
A
have + past particle
7
Q
Writing: Present Perfect Continuous
A
have + been + verb + ing
8
Q
explain: Present Simple
A
- It refers to a fact.
- It refers to a habit or another regularly repeated action.
- It refers to something in general, not about any particular time.
9
Q
explain: Past Simple
A
- It refers to a finished action in a time that is now over.
10
Q
explain: Present Continuous
A
- It refers to an action in progress at the moment of speaking.
- It refers to a situation that you know is only temporary.
11
Q
explain: Past Continuous
A
- It refers to a finished action that was in progress at a certain time in the past.
12
Q
explain: Present Perfect Simple
A
- It refers to a past event that is still relevant in the present.
- Repeated actions from the past up until now.
- used for a state up to the present (when something started in the past but is still happening/done in the present).
13
Q
explain:Past Perfect Simple
A
- It refers to a finished state before another action in the past. (one action in the past was finished before another action in the past).
14
Q
explain:Present Perfect Continuous
A
- It refers to a state from a moment in the past until now. ( an action or a state started in the past but is still relevant now).
