Grammar

Question 1

Use: Actions that have
occurred at an
unspecified time before
now

Answer 1

Present Perfect

Question 2

habits,
general truth.
repeated actions

Answer 2

Present Simple

Question 3

Actions happening
at the moment of
speaking or temporary
actions.

Answer 3

Present
Continuous

Question 4

Actions that started in the past
and are still continuing or have
recently stopped

Answer 4

Present Perfect
Continuous

Question 5

Completed actions
that happened at a
specific time in the past

Answer 5

Past Simple

Question 6

Actions that were
completed before another
action in the past

Answer 6

Past Perfect

Question 7

Actions happening
at the moment of
speaking or temporary
actions.

Answer 7

Present
Continuous

Question 8

Actions that we did
regularly in the past, but
that we don’t do now,
past states that are no
longer true

Answer 8

Used to

Question 9

Actions that we did
regularly in the past, but
that we don’t do now.

Answer 9

Would

Question 10

Actions that were
ongoing up to a specific
point in the past

Answer 10

Present Perfect
Continuous

Question 11

Decisions made at the
moment of speaking,
promises, offers,
predictions

Answer 11

Future Simple

Question 12

Actions that will be
completed before a specific
point in the future

Answer 12

Future Perfect

Question 13

Actions that will be
ongoing at a specific time
in the future

Answer 13

Future
Continuous

Question 14

Actions that will be
ongoing up to a specific
point in the future

Answer 14

Future Perfect
Continuous

Question 15

Future plans,
predictions based on
present situations

Answer 15

Be going to

Question 16

Make a suggestion or
an offer

Answer 16

Shall

Question 17

To talk about offers or
promises made in the past

Answer 17

Future in the
Past (Would)

Question 18

To talk about plans
made in the past

Answer 18

Future in the
Past (was/were
going to)

Question 19

to talk about general ability in the present
for requests
for permission

Answer 19

CAN

Question 20

to talk about general ability in the past (past form of can)
to talk about the possibility
for polite requests
to make suggestions

Answer 20

COULD

Question 21

to talk about possibilities in the future
for polite requests
for polite permission

Answer 21

MAY

Question 22

to talk about possibility in the future
as the past tense of may

Answer 22

MIGHT

Question 23

to say that something is necessary
to talk about the obligation
to show that we are sure that something is true
to recommend something

Answer 23

MUST

Question 24

to talk about something that is not allowed

Answer 24

MUSTN’T

Question 25

to give advice to ask for advice

Answer 25

SHOULD

Question 26

for actions that we did regularly in the past, but that we don’t do now for polite requests

Answer 26

WOULD

Question 27

to say something is not necessary

Answer 27

NEEDN’T

Question 28

to talk about general ability to talk about specific abilities in the past

Answer 28

BE ABLE TO

Question 29

to say something is necessary to talk about obligation

Answer 29

HAVE TO

Question 30

we use don’t have to to show that there is no obligation or necessity

Answer 30

DON’T HAVE TO

Question 31

indicate speculation or judgement about past events.

Answer 31

Perfect Modal Verbs

Question 32

we are sure something happened in the past

Answer 32

MUST HAVE + PAST PARTICIPLE

Question 33

we are sure something didn’t happen in the past

Answer 33

CAN’T HAVE + PAST PARTICIPLE

Question 34

it was possible for something to happen in the past, but it didn’t

Answer 34

MAY/MIGHT/COULD HAVE + PAST PARTICIPLE

Question 35

something was the right thing to do, but we didn’t do it/missed opportunity we expected something to happen, but it didn’t

Answer 35

SHOULD/OUGHT TO HAVE + PAST PARTICIPLE

Question 36

we wanted to do something, but we didn’t

Answer 36

WOULD HAVE + PAST PARTICIPLE

Question 37

it wasn’t necessary to do something, but we did

Answer 37

NEEDN’T HAVE + PAST PARTICIPLE