Choose the correct options to answer the questions given.
Which tense do we generally use to speak about permanent actions?
Present Simple
Present Continuous
Which tense do we generally use to speak about temporary actions?
Present Continuous
Present Simple
Which tense do we generally use to speak about atemporal states?
Present Continuous
Present Simple
Which tense do we generally use to speak about actions happening right now (ie at the moment of speaking or writing)?
Present Continuous
Present Simple
Which tense do we generally use to speak about regular and repeated actions and events?
Present Simple
Present Continuous
Which tense do we generally use to speak about repeated actions which are very close to the moment of present?
Present Simple
Present Continuous
Which tense do we generally use in commentaries, especially commentaries of quick actions (eg football or hockey)?
Present Simple
Present Continuous
Which tense do we generally use in describing demonstrations?
Present Simple
Present Continuous
Which tense do we generally use in stories to talk about the most important actions and events?
Present Simple
Present Continuous
Which tense do we generally use in stories to talk about 'background actions and events', ie those actions and events that are secondary to the flow of the story?
Present Continuous
Present Simple
Which tense do we generally use in commentaries of relatively slow actions, eg boat races?
Present Continuous
Present Simple
Which tense do we generally use in formal correspondence?
Present Simple
Present Continuous
Which tense do we generally use in informal correspondence?
Present Simple
Present Continuous
Which tense do we generally use when we speak about summaries of books, films, plays, etc?
Present Simple
Present Continuous
Which tense do we generally use to speak about actions happening around the moment of present or a specific time frame in the present?
Present Continuous
Present Simple
Which tense do we generally use with the phrases 'Here ...' and 'There ...'?
Present Simple
Present Continuous
Which tense do we generally use with verbs such as 'feel, hurt, ache' to describe pain one is suffering at the moment of speaking or writing?
Present Simple
Present Continuous
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Which tense do we generally use in instructions?
Present Simple
Present Continuous
Which tense do we generally use in connection with adverbs of frequency?
Present Simple
Present Continuous
Which tense do we generally use in connection with adverbs of frequency and adverbials (eg continually, constantly, forever, always) to talk about actions happening more often than one considers wise or natural?
Present Continuous
Present Simple
Which tense do we generally use in demonstrations?
Present Simple
Present Continuous
Which tense do we generally use to speak about changes?
Present Continuous
Present Simple
Which tense do we generally use to speak about developments?
Present Continuous
Present Simple
Which tense do we generally use in connection with 'verbs of understanding' (eg gather, understand, hear, see, say) to speak about actions and events that one has learnt about and which are still considered valid at the time of speaking.
Present Simple
Present Continuous
Which tense do we generally use to speak about general facts?