Starter quiz

  • Match each group of words to the type of tense it shows being used.
    • play
      ⇔
      simple tense ✓
    • have played
      ⇔
      perfect tense ✓
    • is playing
      ⇔
      progressive tense ✓
  • Match the types of tense to the examples.
    • simple tense
      ⇔
      We will arrive.  ✓
    • progressive tense
      ⇔
      We will be arriving.  ✓
    • perfect tense
      ⇔
      We will have arrived.  ✓
  • Which sentences use a perfect tense?
    • We were eating.
    • We had eaten.  ✓
    • We will have eaten.  ✓
    • We ate.
  • Which perfect past verbs would complete this sentence? 'He __________ out of nowhere.'
    • has appeared
    • is appearing
    • appeared
    • had appeared  ✓
  • Which perfect present verbs would complete this sentence? 'Sam __________ to every single meeting.'
    • came
    • had come
    • has come  ✓
    • comes
  • Match the sentences to the tenses.
    • simple present
      ⇔
      she flies ✓
    • progressive present
      ⇔
      she is flying ✓
    • perfect present
      ⇔
      she has flown ✓
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