ci tense quiz

Simple Present

I grade

A fact that is true now

A recurring event (I vote every year)

State or condition (seems angry)

A planned future action (Meeting is tommorow)

Simple Past

I graded

Completed action

An activity that took place regularly in the past

A completed conditon (temperature fell)

Simple Future

I will grade

Future prediction about an event

Decision at the time of speaking, not planned in advance

an agreement to do something

Present Progressive

I am grading

An action happening now

An action this week-month-etc 

An action, with future time word (they’re flying to texas)

Past Progressive

I was grading

an action in the past that was interrupted in the past by another action (i was living in japan when my mom died)

A repeated past action (activity that took long time - (We were planning our wedding for many months

Future Progressive

I will be grading

An action that begins before another action and will be happening at a point of time in the future

Present Perfect

I have graded

Action that happned at unspecified time in past

recent action that is important to current convo

An action that began in the past but continues in the present

repition of an action before now

Past Perfect

I had graded

A past action that occured before another past event, action, or time (by midnight we had watched three movies)

Future Perfect

I will have graded

a future action that will occur before another particular future action or time

Present Perfect Progressive

I have been grading

an action that began in the past, has continued into the present and may continue into the future

A genera action in progress recently for which no specific time is mentioned (I have been practicing a lot)

an action that began in the past and has just recently ended

Past Perfect Progressive

I had been grading

an activity that occured before another action in the past, when speaker wants to emphasize duration of an action

a long aaction occuring recently before another action in the past (I was too tired. I had been working all day long.)

Future Perfect Progressive

I will have been grading

a long action taking palce in relation to another future event

a long action occuring befor another action or point of time in the future (I don't know. By the time of the party, I will have been standing on my feet for eight hours, so I don't know if I'll feel like going to a party or not.)