Do you know all the different tenses in English? Can you recognize them by just looking at their form? Here is a grammar exercise to test your understanding of tenses. You just need to read the sentences given below. They are in different tenses. See if you can identify them.
1Who will have come to my rescue?
Wrong!
2The boy is learning his lessons.
Wrong!
3Girls outnumber boys in this class.
Wrong!
4What do you mean?
Wrong!
5I don’t know where she lives.
Wrong!
6Burglars broke into his shop yesterday.
Wrong!
7I can no longer tolerate this injustice.
Wrong!
8She has been waiting for his call since morning.
Wrong!
9This time tomorrow I will be playing with my kids.
Wrong!
10Somebody has let the cat in.
Wrong!
11Will you please come with me?
Wrong!
12She finished the work in time.
Wrong!
13Have you learned your lessons?
Wrong!
14She had been bedridden for years before her death.
Wrong!
Done.
Score: 0/14
Answers
- Who will have come to my rescue? Future perfect tense
- The boy is learning his lessons. Present continuous tense
- Girls outnumber boys in this class. Simple present
- What do you mean? Simple present
- I don’t know where she lives. Simple present
- Burglars broke into his shop yesterday. Simple past
- I can no longer tolerate this injustice. Simple present
- She has been waiting for his call since morning. Present perfect continuous
- This time tomorrow I will be playing with my kids. Future continuous
- Somebody has let the cat in. Present perfect
- Will you please come with me? Simple future
- She finished the work in time. Simple past
- Have you learned your lessons? Future perfect
- She had been bedridden for years before her death. Past perfect
