--- title: Tenses: past, present and future — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Language description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 8 «Tenses: past, present and future» of the language 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/language/8-tenses-past-present-future/) [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/) / [Language](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/) / Tenses: past, present and future # Tenses: past, present and future The 15 questions of lesson 8 «Tenses: past, present and future» of the language 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/language/8-tenses-past-present-future/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/8-tenses-past-present-future/t1/) — Your mate writes "Last week we play footy and we win 3-0." What tense should he use? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/8-tenses-past-present-future/t2/) — Your nan goes "gonna isn't a word, ya know." What's the fair answer? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/8-tenses-past-present-future/t3/) — What would happen if English had no tenses or time words? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/8-tenses-past-present-future/t4/) — An Irish mate texts "I'm after finishing me homework, grand." ("Grand" means fine, OK in Ireland.) Has he finished? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/8-tenses-past-present-future/t5/) — A boomer uncle says "Back in my day I have went to school on foot." How do you put it right? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/8-tenses-past-present-future/t6/) — In a video game, the cut-scene says "The dragon was sleeping when the knight crept in." Which action was going on already? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/8-tenses-past-present-future/t7/) — Your little cousin says English has no future at all "cos there's no future ending." What's true? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/8-tenses-past-present-future/t8/) — An American friend asks "Did you finish your homework yet?" Your British gran would ask it how? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/8-tenses-past-present-future/t9/) — Your Indian English cousin says "Today I am having a cold." Did you understand her? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/8-tenses-past-present-future/t10/) — Dad asks "What'll you be doing at 3 tomorrow?" Which reply uses the future continuous? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/8-tenses-past-present-future/t11/) — A Scouse kid says "I've went the shops, la." ("La" means lad, mate in Liverpool.) In written standard English, what is it? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/8-tenses-past-present-future/e1/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the grammatical category of tense? — wrong ✗ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/8-tenses-past-present-future/e2/) — Identify the principal means whereby English expresses future time. — right ✓ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/8-tenses-past-present-future/e3/) — Ascertain the correct form of the sentence "I have went to France" in standard English. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/8-tenses-past-present-future/e4/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the Irish English construction "I'm after eating my dinner". — wrong ✗ · exam - ← previous: [7. Kinds of sentences: statements, questions, comma…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/7-kinds-of-sentences/) - next →: [9. Irregular verbs: goed, brung and other brave mis…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/9-irregular-verbs-goed-brung-and-brave-mistakes/) - ↑ back to [Language](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/)