--- title: Tense consistency and verb forms — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · English description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 31 «Tense consistency and verb forms» of the English course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/31-tense-consistency-and-verb-forms/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [English](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/) / Tense consistency and verb forms # Tense consistency and verb forms The 15 questions of lesson 31 «Tense consistency and verb forms» of the English course of Mova's primary school with their options, 86 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/english/31-tense-consistency-and-verb-forms/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/31-tense-consistency-and-verb-forms/t1/) — Your mate goes "tense is just for maths, innit, like tens and units." What is true? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/31-tense-consistency-and-verb-forms/t2/) — ★★★ "When we got to the cinema, the film had started." Which happened first? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/31-tense-consistency-and-verb-forms/t3/) — Freya writes a whole story in the present: "I open the door. A fox stares at me." Is that allowed? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/31-tense-consistency-and-verb-forms/t4/) — In a cartoon, a robot says "Yesterday I will be fixing the car." What would a grammar teacher say? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/31-tense-consistency-and-verb-forms/t5/) — Older cousin, dead dry: "I have ate my tea, now shush." What is the standard form? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/31-tense-consistency-and-verb-forms/t6/) — ★★★ Which sentence has an accidental tense slip? — right ✓ · ★ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/31-tense-consistency-and-verb-forms/t7/) — A lad from Wigan says "Our kid were late again, the muppet." ("Our kid" means my brother or sister.) Which is the standard? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/31-tense-consistency-and-verb-forms/t8/) — What would happen if a story jumped tense in every sentence? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/31-tense-consistency-and-verb-forms/t9/) — Bella says "'I have seen it' and 'I saw it' mean exactly the same, always." Which is closest to the truth? — right ✓ · ★ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/31-tense-consistency-and-verb-forms/t10/) — Nan, chuffed ("chuffed" means pleased): "You've grown since Christmas!" Which tense is "have grown"? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/31-tense-consistency-and-verb-forms/t11/) — ★★★ Fill in for the right tense: "While I \_\_\_ my homework, the lights went out." — wrong ✗ · ★ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/31-tense-consistency-and-verb-forms/e1/) — Identify the sentence in which the tense is consistent throughout. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/31-tense-consistency-and-verb-forms/e2/) — Select the form designated the past progressive of the verb "to play" with the subject "I". — right ✓ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/31-tense-consistency-and-verb-forms/e3/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the words "might", "could" and "should"? — wrong ✗ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/31-tense-consistency-and-verb-forms/e4/) — It is given that a speaker says "I were going to the shop". Ascertain the corresponding Standard English form. — wrong ✗ · exam - ← previous: [30. Relative clauses](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/30-relative-clauses/) - next →: [32. Active and passive voice, modal verbs](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/32-active-and-passive-voice-modal-verbs/) - ↑ back to [English](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/)