Answers: Auxiliary Verb Quiz
- He didn't come to school yesterday because he was ill.
- She has been working in the garden since two this afternoon.
- He had finished his homework by the time arrived.
- I'm afraid I won't be able to come to the party. I have to study.
- You've visited London, haven't you?
- They're going to attend a meeting in Chicago next week.
- Why did you buy that?! It's ugly!
- She doesn't often go to the movies.
- He isn't watching TV. He's doing his homework at the moment.
- They've been playing tennis for two hours.
- I don't like country music. - Neither do I.
- They won't come to the party, will they?
- Mom had been working for two hours when I telephoned.
- I think they are fantastic! - So does she.
- What are they doing?
- Mary hasn't enjoyed herself so much for a long time. - Neither have I.
- Mike didn't go on vacation last summer. He was too busy.
- He's studying Russian this semester, isn't he?
- I've just been to the bank.
- How long have you been working for this company?
Remember, if you don't understand all of these tenses, don't worry. This overview chart shows the positive, negative and interrogative (question) forms of all the principle tenses in English with a brief description of the principle usage. The timeline tenses chart provides a handy visual reference sheet to English tenses and their relationship to the past, present and future. Included you will find active, passive, simple and continuous forms positioned according to their occurrence in time.
