Grammar exercises · 12 questions

English verb tenses exercises

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Test yourself on english verb tenses with 12 interactive questions. Every answer comes with an explanation — and if you get one wrong, the AI tutor can explain exactly why your answer didn't work.

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Which sentence is in the present continuous?

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Guessing gets you through a quiz; understanding gets you through the exam. Read the full English verb tenses lesson English has twelve main tenses, formed by combining three time frames (present, past, future) with four aspects (simple, continuous, perfect, perfect continuous). Simple tenses state facts and completed actions; continuous tenses show actions in progress; perfect tenses connect two time points; perfect continuous tenses stress duration. Together they let a speaker locate any action precisely in time.

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