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Know Your Tenses 

Which tense does the sentence show?  Click in the correct dot for each question (it's okay to look back at the page), 
then click "How did I do?" at the bottom.  10 points for each correct answer.
 
1. Denise is going to have lunch with Frank later.
Simple Present
Simple Future
Present Progressive
Future Progressive
 
2. Charles will phone you tomorrow with the details of the trip.
Present Progressive
Simple Future
Past Progressive
Present Perfect
 
3. Aunt Tilly told the children scary stories at night.
Past Progressive
Past Perfect
Simple Past
Past Perfect Progressive
 
4. Donald likes Holly best of all his friends.
Present Progressive
Simple Present
Future Perfect
Future Progressive
 
5. Mark will be exercising four times a week.
Simple Past
Past Perfect
Future Progressive
Past Progressive
 
6. He had been exercising only twice a week.
Past Perfect Progressive
Past Progressive
Present Perfect
Simple Past
 
7. Cleopatra will have left for Rome by now.
Simple Future
Future Perfect
Past Perfect
Future Progressive
 
8. David and Beth were biking yesterday.
Simple Past
Past Perfect
Past Progressive
Past Perfect Progressive
 
9. They have biked together three times this week.
Simple Present
Past Perfect
Present Perfect
Present Progressive
 
10. Clara will have been teaching abroad for two years soon.
Simple Future
Future Perfect
Present Progressive
Future Perfect Progressive
 
  

 

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