English Grammar Quiz: Verb Tenses

Verb Tenses

• The sentence "I had eaten breakfast before I went to school" is in the past perfect tense.
• The future perfect tense is used to describe an action that will start and finish in the future.
• By next year, I will have been studying English for five years.
• Match the following verb tenses with their corresponding sentence examples:
  • No specific information is provided, but this is a general instruction for identifying verb tenses.

English Verb Tenses

Present Tenses

• Describe habits, routines, and general truths
• Formula: Subject + Verb (base form)
• Examples of habits: I go to school every day, She likes coffee

Present Continuous

• Describe actions in progress at the moment of speaking
• Formula: Subject + is/am/are + Verb (present participle)
• Examples: I am studying for my exam, They are building a new house

Present Perfect

• Describe an action that started in the past and continues up to the present
• Formula: Subject + has/have + Verb (past participle)
• Examples: I have studied English for three years, She has just finished her homework

Past Tenses

Past Simple

• Describe completed actions in the past
• Formula: Subject + Verb (past simple)
• Examples: I went to the park yesterday, They lived in Paris

Past Perfect

• Describe an action that occurred before another action in the past
• Formula: Subject + had + Verb (past participle)
• Examples: I had eaten lunch before I went to the park, They had studied English for three years before they moved to the US

Past Perfect Continuous

• Describe an action that started before another action in the past and continued up to that point
• Formula: Subject + had been + Verb (present participle)
• Examples: I had been studying for three hours before I took a break, They had been living in Paris for five years before they moved to London

Future Tenses

Future Simple

• Describe future actions or plans
• Formula: Subject + will + Verb (base form)
• Examples: I will go to the party tonight, They will finish their project next week

Future Perfect

• Describe an action that will be completed at a specific point in the future
• Formula: Subject + will have + Verb (past participle)
• Examples: I will have finished my degree by next year, They will have been married for 10 years by next June

Future Perfect Continuous

• Describe an action that will continue up to a specific point in the future
• Formula: Subject + will have been + Verb (present participle)
• Examples: I will have been studying for 10 hours by the time I finish, They will have been working on this project for six months by next March