Test your grasp of English tenses with these common placement-focused questions.
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Choose the correct form of the verb: 'She ____ to the gym every morning.'
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Every morning indicates a habitual action (Present Simple). For a singular subject (She), we use 'Goes'.
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Complete the sentence: 'By the time we arrived, the movie ____ already.'
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The Past Perfect ('Had started') is used for an action that happened before another action in the past ('arrived').
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Identify the tense: 'I will have finished my assignment by 5 PM.'
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'Will have + V3' is the structure of the Future Perfect tense.
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Fill in the blank: 'He ______ in this school for 10 years.'
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'For 10 years' indicates a duration, making the Present Perfect Continuous ('Has been teaching') the most appropriate choice.
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Choose the correct aspect: 'She ___ (read) the book right now.'
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Select the proper aspect: 'They ___ (finish) the project by tomorrow.'
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Pick the correct form: 'He ___ (watch) TV when I called.'
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Habitual past: 'When I was a child, I ___ (play) in the park every day.'
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Conditional: 'If she ___ (study) harder, she would pass the exam.'
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Past habit: 'He ___ (always/arrive) late to meetings.'
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Select correct sequence: 'She said that she ___ (go) home yesterday.'
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Choose the right tense: 'The teacher noticed that the students ___ (not understand) the lesson.'
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Find the correct sequence: 'I think that he ___ (be) honest.'
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Select the future form: 'We ___ (travel) to Paris next summer.'
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Choose the correct future: 'She ___ (be) there by 5 PM.'
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Pick the future continuous: 'They ___ (work) when you arrive.'
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Narrative past: 'He ___ (walk) into the room when the phone rang.'
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Select narrative past perfect: 'She ___ (already/finish) the report before the deadline.'
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Choose the past perfect continuous: 'They ___ (talk) for hours before the meeting started.'
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First conditional: 'If it ___ (rain) tomorrow, we will cancel the picnic.'
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Second conditional: 'If I ___ (be) rich, I would travel the world.'
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Third conditional: 'If they ___ (study) harder, they would have passed.'
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