Tenses and Parts of Speech Flashcards

Identify the tense in: 'They were playing football when it started to rain.'

Answer: Past Continuous

'Were playing' (was/were + verb-ing) is the Past Continuous tense, describing an ongoing action in the past that was interrupted.

Which word is a PREPOSITION in: 'The cat sat under the table.'?

Answer: Under

'Under' is a preposition showing the spatial relationship between the cat (subject) and the table (object of the preposition).

Choose the correct tense: 'I _______ this film before, so I knew the ending.'

Answer: had watched

Past Perfect ('had watched') is correct — the film-watching happened before the other past action (knowing the ending).

Identify the PRONOUN in: 'Everyone enjoyed the party very much.'

Answer: Everyone

'Everyone' is an indefinite pronoun — it refers to all people in a group without specifying individuals.

What is the CORRECT future tense form? 'She _______ to London next week.'

Answer: will be going

'Will be going' (Future Continuous) is used for planned activities that will be in progress at a future time, especially with time expressions like 'next week'.

Identify the ADJECTIVE in: 'The enormous blue whale is the largest animal on Earth.'

Answer: Enormous

'Enormous' is an adjective modifying the noun 'whale' by describing its size.