English Tenses Practice Quiz

While I was working on my project last night, I suddenly ______ that I ______ to call my mother earlier that day.

By the time we arrive at the party next week, most guests ______ already, but we hope that some of our friends ______ still be there.

If I had known earlier that you were coming to town, I ______ a better welcome. Now I ______ quite unprepared.

She has been studying for her exams for weeks now, and by the time the results are announced, she ______ most of what she ______.

Before the accident occurred, witnesses say the driver ______ on his phone while he ______ to navigate through heavy traffic.

By the time we finish this project next month, we ______ on it for over a year, and I hope that our efforts ______ off.

I haven't seen Sarah since last summer, but I ______ that she ______ to visit next week.

If the weather improves by tomorrow, we ______ hiking as we have been planning for weeks. Otherwise, we ______ postpone it again.

The professor has explained the concept three times already, but many students still don't understand it. He ______ that he ______ to try a different approach.

By the time the rescue team reached the hikers, they ______ stranded for two days. The hikers ______ of food and had begun to worry about their safety.

Present Perfect Tense

Past Perfect Tense

Present Perfect Continuous

Past Perfect Continuous Tense

Future Continuous Tense

Future Perfect Tense

Simple Present Tense

Present Continuous Tense

Simple Past Tense

Past Continuous Tense

Future Simple (will) Tense

Future with "be going to"

Past Action Before Another Past Action

Future Action Before Another Future Action

Ongoing Action Interrupted In the Past

What kind of tense describes an action that began in the past and continues to the present?

What tense describes an action that will be happening at a specific time in the future?

What tense is used when describing an action that was completed at a specific time in the past?

What tense describes an action that was happening in the past and was interrupted by another action?

What tense is used to express future actions, predictions, or intentions?

Which tense is used to tell about actions that have happened in the past, emphasizing the result or the current state?

Which tense is used to describe actions that happen habitually, regularly, or as a fact?

Which tense is used to tell about past actions which happened before another action in the past?

Which tense is used to describe an action that will be completed by a specific point in the future?

Which tense is used for actions happening right now?

Which tense is used for planned or intended actions in the future?

Which tense is used to emphasize the duration of an action that started in the past and continues to the present?

Which tense is used to emphasize the duration of an action that was ongoing in the past until another action happened?

Which tense is used to describe an action that was happening at a specific time in the past?

Which tense is used to describe actions that happened in the past and are now finished?

Which tense emphasizes the duration of an action that began in the past and continues to the present, often focusing on the result?

Which tense describes an action that was ongoing in the past and was interrupted by another action?

Which tense is used to express actions that have been completed by a specific time in the future?

Which tense is used to describe actions that have been happening for a period of time in the past and are still ongoing?