Present Tense Exercises

1. What is the present tense in English?

A verb form used to describe an action that is happening now
A verb form used to describe an action that happened in the past
A verb form used to describe an action that will happen in the future
A verb form used to describe an action that happened a long time ago

2. What is the present simple tense?

A verb form used to describe an action that is happening now
A verb form used to describe an action that happened in the past
A verb form used to describe an action that will happen in the future
A verb form used to describe an action that happened a long time ago

3. What is the present continuous tense?

A verb form used to describe an action that is happening now
A verb form used to describe an action that happened in the past
A verb form used to describe an action that will happen in the future
A verb form used to describe an action that happened a long time ago

4. What is the present perfect tense?

A verb form used to describe an action that is happening now
A verb form used to describe an action that happened in the past
A verb form used to describe an action that will happen in the future
A verb form used to describe an action that happened a long time ago

5. What is the present perfect continuous tense?

A verb form used to describe an action that is happening now
A verb form used to describe an action that happened in the past
A verb form used to describe an action that will happen in the future
A verb form used to describe an action that happened a long time ago

6. Which of the following is in the present simple tense?

I am writing
I wrote
I will write
I have written

7. Which of the following is an example of the present continuous tense?

I am writing
I wrote
I will write
I have written

8. Which of the following is in the present perfect tense?

I am writing
I wrote
I will write
I have written

9. Which of the following is in the present perfect continuous tense?

I am writing
I wrote
I will write
I have been writing

10. What is the difference between the present simple and present continuous tenses?

The present simple describes an action that is happening now, while the present continuous describes an action that happened in the past
The present simple is used to describe an action that happened in the past, while the present continuous describes an action that will happen in the future
The present simple describes an action that will happen in the future, while the present continuous describes an action that is happening now
The present simple describes an action that is happening now, while the present continuous describes an action that will take place in the future