Primary 4 English Studies Flashcards: Grammar and Vocabulary: Using past, present and future tenses

Question 1

A verb form used for an action happening now is in the ________ tense.

Accepted Answer

present

Question 2

A verb form used for a completed action is in the ________ tense.

Accepted Answer

past

Question 3

A verb form used for an action yet to happen is in the ________ tense.

Accepted Answer

future

Question 4

The present-tense verb in 'Sade walks to school' is ________.

Accepted Answer

walks

Question 5

Change 'walk' to the simple past tense: ________.

Accepted Answer

walked

Question 6

The past tense of 'go' is ________.

Accepted Answer

went

Question 7

The past tense of 'eat' is ________.

Accepted Answer

ate

Question 8

Complete the present-tense sentence: 'He ________ football every Friday.'

Accepted Answer

plays

Question 9

Complete the past-tense sentence: 'Yesterday, we ________ the museum.'

Accepted Answer

visited

Question 10

Complete the future-tense sentence: 'Tomorrow, they ________ a tree.'

Accepted Answer

will plant

Question 11

Which time word signals the past: yesterday, tomorrow, next week, or soon?

Accepted Answer

yesterday

Question 12

Which time word signals the future: next month, yesterday, last night, or ago?

Accepted Answer

next month

Question 13

Which sentence is in the simple present: 'I read daily', 'I read yesterday', 'I will read', or 'I was reading'?

Accepted Answer

I read daily

Question 14

Which sentence is in the simple past: 'She cooked rice', 'She cooks rice', 'She will cook rice', or 'She is cooking rice'?

Accepted Answer

She cooked rice

Question 15

Which sentence is in the future tense: 'We will travel', 'We travelled', 'We travel', or 'We are travellers'?

Accepted Answer

We will travel

Question 16

Correct the tense error: 'Last week, Musa visits Kano.' The verb should be ________.

Accepted Answer

visited

Question 17

Correct the tense error: 'Tomorrow, Ada baked a cake.' The verb phrase should be ________.

Accepted Answer

will bake

Question 18

Complete the sequence: 'I wake up, wash, and ________ breakfast every day.'

Accepted Answer

eat

Question 19

All of these are past-tense verbs except went, saw, played, or sings.

Accepted Answer

sings

Question 20

The main reason for keeping the same tense in a paragraph is to make the time of events ________.

Accepted Answer

clear

Strong work.