Identify the verb tense in the following sentences.

Question

1. Zach stopped to call a friend
Past continuous
2. What are you doing?
present continuous
3. I was hoping to hear from you.
Simple past
4.The guy makes his own instruments.
simple present

Answer 1

1. What makes you think that "stopped" is an ongoing (continuous) action?

2. Correct.

3. Did he hope for just a moment? Did he only hope once?

4. Correct.

Answer 2

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/simplepresent.html

Answer 3

1.Simple present

3.Simple past

Answer 4

1. Present???

3. No.

Please study the page I posted for you. You'll also find links to other tenses there.

Answer 5

1. present continuous
3. past continuous

Answer 6

I don't understand what is so hard about number 1. Zach stopped once. Isn't that simple past?

2. Yes. Past continuous.

Answer 7

If he stopped to make a call why isnt that now

Answer 8

The verb ends in -ed, making it past tense.

Present: Zach stops for red lights.
Present continuous: Zach is stopping for a red light.
Past: Yesterday Zach stopped to make a call.
Past continuous: Zach was stopping for a red light when he got a phone call.

Answer 9

thanks