__________ tense refers to circumstances that exist now, or that have taken place over a period of time which includes the present.

Related MCQs

• If the reporting verb is in the present or future tense, the verb in the reported speech is not changed at all and this verb could be in ______ tense.
• ___________ tense refers to events that have taken place in the past or an event that occurred continually in the past.
• ________ tense is used to express an action or events that will take place in the future.
• If tense tells you when a particular action began, it is _______ that tells us whether an action was continuous, complete or something else.
• A ______ verb is a verb that shows tense, number (singular or plural) or person.
• ______ are termed as irregular verbs because they do not form the past tense in the regular manner but instead they make a change in the root vowel.
• _______ refers to the way verbs change their form in order to indicate at which time a situation occurs or an event takes place.
• ________ expresses a continuous, completed action that had taken place in the past.
• The verb present in the reporting speech is known as the ________.
• _______ refers to reporting someone else’s statement in your own words without changing the meaning of the statement.