Tenses Usage Quiz

Present Tense
- Simple: Describes habitual actions or general truths (e.g., "She walks to school.").
- Continuous: Ongoing actions happening now (e.g., "She is walking to school.").
- Perfect: Completed actions with relevance to the present (e.g., "She has walked to school.").
- Perfect Continuous: Ongoing actions that started in the past and continue to the present (e.g., "She has been walking to school.").
Past Tense
- Simple: Completed actions in the past (e.g., "She walked to school.").
- Continuous: Ongoing actions in the past (e.g., "She was walking to school.").
- Perfect: Actions completed before another past action (e.g., "She had walked to school.").
- Perfect Continuous: Ongoing past actions that were completed before another past action (e.g., "She had been walking to school.").
Future Tense
- Simple: Actions that will happen (e.g., "She will walk to school.").
- Continuous: Ongoing actions that will occur in the future (e.g., "She will be walking to school.").
- Perfect: Actions that will be completed before a specific point in the future (e.g., "She will have walked to school.").
- Perfect Continuous: Ongoing actions that will continue up to a certain point in the future (e.g., "She will have been walking to school.").

Noun
- Names a person, place, thing, or idea (e.g., "dog," "city," "freedom").
Pronoun
- Replaces a noun (e.g., "he," "they," "it").
Verb
- Expresses action or state of being (e.g., "run," "is," "become").
Adjective
- Describes a noun or pronoun (e.g., "happy," "blue," "tall").
Adverb
- Modifies a verb, adjective, or other adverb (e.g., "quickly," "very," "well").
Preposition
- Shows the relationship between a noun (or pronoun) and other words (e.g., "in," "on," "at").
Conjunction
- Connects words, phrases, or clauses (e.g., "and," "but," "or").
Interjection
- Expresses strong emotion (e.g., "Wow!," "Oh no!").

Independent Clause
- A complete thought that can stand alone as a sentence (e.g., "I enjoy reading.").
Dependent Clause
- Cannot stand alone and depends on an independent clause (e.g., "Because I enjoy reading…").
Types of Clauses
- Noun Clause: Functions as a noun (e.g., "What you said was surprising.").
- Adjective Clause: Modifies a noun (e.g., "The book that I read was fascinating.").
- Adverb Clause: Modifies a verb, adjective, or adverb (e.g., "I left because it was late.").
Subordinating Conjunctions
- Introduce dependent clauses (e.g., "although," "since," "unless").

Present Tense
- Simple presents habitual actions or general truths (e.g., "She walks to school").
- Continuous indicates actions happening right now (e.g., "She is walking to school").
- Perfect shows completed actions relevant to the present (e.g., "She has walked to school").
- Perfect Continuous describes ongoing actions that started in the past and continue (e.g., "She has been walking to school").
Past Tense
- Simple refers to actions completed in the past (e.g., "She walked to school").
- Continuous indicates actions that were ongoing in the past (e.g., "She was walking to school").
- Perfect highlights actions completed before another past action (e.g., "She had walked to school").
- Perfect Continuous refers to ongoing past actions completed before another past event (e.g., "She had been walking to school").
Future Tense
- Simple denotes actions that will occur (e.g., "She will walk to school").
- Continuous indicates ongoing actions that will happen in the future (e.g., "She will be walking to school").
- Perfect describes actions that will be completed before a specific future point (e.g., "She will have walked to school").
- Perfect Continuous denotes ongoing actions continuing up to a certain future point (e.g., "She will have been walking to school").

Noun
- Represents a person, place, thing, or idea (e.g., "dog," "city," "freedom").
Pronoun
- Replaces a noun to avoid repetition (e.g., "he," "they," "it").
Verb
- Indicates action or state of being (e.g., "run," "is," "become").
Adjective
- Describes or modifies a noun or pronoun (e.g., "happy," "blue," "tall").
Adverb
- Modifies verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs (e.g., "quickly," "very," "well").
Preposition
- Shows the relationship between a noun (or pronoun) and other words (e.g., "in," "on," "at").
Conjunction
- Connects words, phrases, or clauses (e.g., "and," "but," "or").
Interjection
- Expresses strong emotion (e.g., "Wow!," "Oh no!").

Independent Clause
- A complete thought, capable of standing alone as a sentence (e.g., "I enjoy reading").
Dependent Clause
- Lacks a complete thought and relies on an independent clause (e.g., "Because I enjoy reading…").
Types of Clauses
- Noun Clause: Functions as a noun (e.g., "What you said was surprising").
- Adjective Clause: Modifies a noun (e.g., "The book that I read was fascinating").
- Adverb Clause: Modifies a verb, adjective, or adverb (e.g., "I left because it was late").
Subordinating Conjunctions
- Words that introduce dependent clauses (e.g., "although," "since," "unless").