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Verbs: Tenses and Their Uses

📝 English Language 📋 JSS1 📅 Second Term ⏱ ~20 min 📝 5 quiz questions

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What Is a Verb?

A verb is a word that shows action or state of being.

Examples: run, eat, is, was, become, think

Tenses

A tense tells us when an action happens.

Present Tense

Used for actions happening now or habitual actions.
She reads every day.

Past Tense

Used for completed actions.
They played football yesterday.

Future Tense

Used for actions that will happen.
We will travel to Abuja tomorrow.

Continuous Forms

Show ongoing actions: am/is/are + verb-ing
He is studying for his exams.

Perfect Forms

Show completed actions with relevance to now: have/has + past participle
She has finished her homework.

📝 Quiz — Test Your Understanding

Answer all 5 questions, then click Submit to see your result.

Question 1 of 5

Identify the tense: "The children are singing."

"Are singing" uses am/is/are + verb-ing, which is the present continuous tense.

Question 2 of 5

Which sentence is in the past tense?

"Arrived" is the past tense of arrive.

Question 3 of 5

Complete this sentence correctly: "By next year, she _____ her studies."

"Will have finished" is the future perfect tense, used for actions that will be completed before a future time.

Question 4 of 5

What is the past tense of "write"?

"Write" is an irregular verb. Its past tense is "wrote".

Question 5 of 5

Which auxiliary verb is used to form the future tense?

"Will" is the main auxiliary verb used for the simple future tense.

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