Hi EnglishQuizA112 questions · Beginner · Tenses and Time
Multiple-choice practice on the present simple: the third-person -s and its spelling rules, negatives with don't and doesn't, questions with Do and Does, and sentences that force a choice between the present simple and the present continuous. Every question is followed by the answer and an explanation.
My aunt ____ a small bakery near the station.
Why: "My aunt" is she, so the verb takes the third-person -s: runs. Owning and operating a business is a lasting situation, so the present simple is right; "is running" would suggest she is only looking after the bakery for the moment.
____ this train stop at every station?
Why: "This train" is it, so the question needs Does. The auxiliary then carries the -s and the main verb stays in its base form — stop, not stops.
Look — it ____ again.
Why: "Look" ties the sentence to this moment, so the present continuous is needed. "It rains a lot in July" would be the present simple, because that describes a general pattern rather than the weather outside the window right now.
The three forms of the present simple, the third-person -s spelling rules, the short answers with do and does, and its four main uses.
Always, usually, often, sometimes and never: what each one means and exactly where it goes — before the main verb, after be, after an auxiliary.
Subject, verb and object, why English word order carries the meaning, the two slots no sentence may leave empty.
When to use have and when has, how to say don't have and doesn't have, how to ask Do you have…? and Does she have…?, and the short answers that go with them.
How regular verbs form the past simple with -ed, the four spelling rules, the three ways to pronounce -ed and the time phrases that go with it.
Am, is and are with verb-ing, negatives, questions and short answers, when to use the present continuous, and the -ing spelling rules that trip learners up.
Routines against actions in progress, permanent against temporary, the time words that give each tense away, and the state verbs that stay simple.
What the seven subject pronouns stand for, how to replace a noun with the right one, and why it is never used for a person while you covers one and many.
Used to + base verb for past habits and states that have changed: didn't use to, Did you use to…?, any more, and when the past simple is the right choice.
Am, is and are with every subject, what follows be, the short forms, isn't and aren't, yes/no and Wh- questions, and the short answers that go with them.
