English Grammar 24: TENSES: INTRODUCTION

{ "questions": [ { "question": "The word 'tense' is derived from the Latin word 'tempus' which means:", "options": [ "Time", "Action", "Verb", "State" ], "answer": 0 }, { "question": "Which tense shows an action that is mentioned simply, without stating if it is complete or incomplete?", "options": [ "Continuous", "Simple", "Perfect", "Perfect Continuous" ], "answer": 1 }, { "question": "\"I shall write another letter tomorrow.\" Which tense is used here?", "options": [ "Simple Present", "Simple Past", "Simple Future", "Future Continuous" ], "answer": 2 }, { "question": "\"I wish I knew the answer.\" What time does the verb 'knew' refer to here?", "options": [ "Past", "Future", "None of the above", "Present" ], "answer": 3 }, { "question": "Which sentence is in the Present Perfect Continuous tense?", "options": [ "I have been loving.", "I am loving.", "I have loved.", "I had been loving." ], "answer": 0 }, { "question": "A verb must agree with its subject in:", "options": [ "Mood and Voice", "Number and Person", "Tense and Time", "Adverb and Adjective" ], "answer": 1 }, { "question": "Choose the correct form for 3rd Person Singular in Simple Present:", "options": [ "He speak", "He is speaking", "He speaks", "He speaking" ], "answer": 2 }, { "question": "What is the Past Perfect form of \"I speak\"?", "options": [ "I had spoke", "I have spoken", "I had been speaking", "I had spoken" ], "answer": 3 }, { "question": "\"Let's wait till he comes.\" The verb 'comes' is in the Present tense but refers to:", "options": [ "Future time", "Present time", "Past time", "Continuous time" ], "answer": 0 }, { "question": "\"The king had never before led his troops in battle.\" Identify the tense.", "options": [ "Simple Past", "Past Perfect", "Past Continuous", "Present Perfect" ], "answer": 1 }, { "question": "How many main tenses are there based on time?", "options": [ "2", "4", "3", "12" ], "answer": 2 }, { "question": "Including all states (simple, continuous, perfect, perfect continuous), how many total tense forms exist?", "options": [ "3", "8", "16", "12" ], "answer": 3 }, { "question": "\"I have heard a strange story.\" The verb 'have heard' is in which tense?", "options": [ "Present Perfect", "Simple Present", "Past Perfect", "Present Continuous" ], "answer": 0 }, { "question": "Which tense indicates an action that is mentioned as finished or complete at the time of speaking?", "options": [ "Simple Tense", "Perfect Tense", "Continuous Tense", "Perfect Continuous Tense" ], "answer": 1 }, { "question": "\"By this time to-morrow I shall have reached my home.\" What is the tense?", "options": [ "Future Continuous", "Future Perfect Continuous", "Future Perfect", "Simple Future" ], "answer": 2 }, { "question": "The state of an action that is \"incomplete, or still going on\" is called:", "options": [ "Perfect", "Simple", "Future", "Continuous" ], "answer": 3 }, { "question": "Identify the tense: \"We shall be speaking.\"", "options": [ "Future Continuous", "Simple Future", "Future Perfect", "Present Continuous" ], "answer": 0 }, { "question": "\"It is time we left.\" The verb 'left' is grammatically in the Past tense. What time does it refer to?", "options": [ "Past", "Present or Future", "Perfect Past", "None of the above" ], "answer": 1 }, { "question": "\"The farmer is cutting the corn which has ripened.\" Which two tenses are used?", "options": [ "Simple Present and Past Perfect", "Present Continuous and Simple Past", "Present Continuous and Present Perfect", "Past Continuous and Present Perfect" ], "answer": 2 }, { "question": "\"I had been speaking.\" This is an example of:", "options": [ "Present Perfect Continuous", "Past Perfect", "Past Continuous", "Past Perfect Continuous" ], "answer": 3 } ] }