Verb Forms and Tenses Flashcards
6 cards from real OOPT practice questions. Tap to flip, then mark Knew It or Still Learning — missed cards come back until you master them.
Read the first 6 Verb Forms and Tenses flashcards as text
Choose the correct form: 'I look forward to ___ from you.' (formal closing)
Answer: hearing
'Look forward to + gerund': 'I look forward to hearing from you.' 'To' here is a preposition, not part of an infinitive.
Which sentence correctly uses the present perfect continuous?
Answer: She has been working here since 2020.
'Has been working since 2020' — present perfect continuous correctly expresses an ongoing action from a past point to now.
Complete: 'He ___ in London for three years before moving to Paris.'
Answer: had lived
Past perfect 'had lived' shows that living in London was completed before another past event (moving to Paris).
Which sentence correctly uses 'used to'?
Answer: She used to live near here.
'Used to + base verb' describes a past habit or state that no longer exists.
Choose the correct tense pair: '___ the report when the power ___.'
Answer: I was writing / went off
Past continuous + past simple: 'I was writing' (ongoing action) when 'the power went off' (sudden interruption).
Identify the correct use of the infinitive: 'She went to the library ___.'
Answer: to study
'To study' — the to-infinitive expresses purpose (why she went to the library).