Sentences in the perfect present, past and future tense | English

Starter quiz

Which of these sentences are written in a progressive tense?
- We will be watching it tonight. ✓
- We watched it last night.
- She was hurrying towards the door. ✓
- She hurried towards the door.
Match the sentence to the tense it is written in.
- simple present
  
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  He plays volleyball every week. ✓
- simple past
  
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  He played volleyball yesterday. ✓
- progressive present
  
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  He is playing volleyball this afternoon. ✓
- progressive past
  
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  He was playing volleyball when it happened. ✓
What is an auxiliary verb?
- a 'helping' verb that is linked to the main verb in a sentence ✓
- a verb that shows that action happened in the past tense
- a verb that comes after the main verb
Which of these is written in the progressive future tense?
- The class was hoping to win the Attendance Award.
- Jun is enjoying the school residential.
- Miss Ofoedu will be arriving slightly late today. ✓
In a progressive tense, what form does the main verb take?
- '-ed' ending (played)
- '-ing' ending (playing) ✓
- '-s' ending (plays)
Which sentence shows the future progressive tense version of this simple present sentence: 'Andeep wants to win the match'.
- Andeep will want to win the match.
- Andeep will be wanting to win the match. ✓
- Andeep was wanting to win the match.
- Andeep is wanting to win the match.