Tenses Test - 85

Here, 'have been working' indicates Present Perfect Continuous. It is used to indicate an action that started at some point in the past and may or may not be complete.
Present Continuous implies an action going on at the time of speaking.
Past Perfect is used to indicate a completed action of the past that happened before another event took place. 
Past Continuous is used to indicate uncompleted action in the past (with or without time reference).

A participle is a form of verb that ends in -ing and is used as an adjective or verb. In the given sentence, 'walking' is a present participle. The sentence is in simple present tense, 'likes' is the simple present tense of the verb 'like'. Hence option A is correct. The formulation of the simple present tense is subject (She) + verb in its base form (likes) + object (walking). Option B is incorrect because the statement is not in past tense, when the verb 'like' is conjugated in past tense, the verb form is 'liked'. Option C is incorrect because the sentence is not in the future tense, the simple future form of 'like' is 'will like'. Option D is incorrect because the present continuous form of 'like' is 'liking', whereas 'likes' in the sentence is in simple present tense.

Here, 'will have been writing' indicates Future Perfect Continuous. It is used to indicate an action that will have happened for some time and will not be complete yet at a certain point in the future.
Future Continuous (will be writing) indicates what will be going on in the near future.
Present Perfect Continuous (have been writing) is used to indicate an action that started at some point in the past and may or may not be complete.  
Present Perfect (have written) is used to indicate an action which started in the past and has continued up untill now. 

Here, 'are baking' indicates Present Continuous. It implies an action going on at the time of speaking. 
Simple Future (will bake) is used to indicate an action that has not taken place as yet.
Simple Present (bake) is used to indicate a future event on a designated date as part of a plan.
Present Perfect (have baked) is used to indicate an action which started in the past and has continued up untill now. 

Here, 'will be repairing' indicates Future Continuous. It indicates what will be going on in the near future.
Simple Past (repaired) indicates an action that has already been completed. 
Future Perfect (will have repaired) is used to indicate an action that will be complete before another event takes place.
Future Perfect Continuous (will have been repairing) is used to indicate an action that will have happened for some time and will not be complete yet at a certain point in the future. 

Here, 'speaks' indicates simple present. It is used to indicate a future event on a designated date as part of a plan.
Present Perfect (have spoken) is used to indicate an action which started in the past and has continued up untill now. 
Present Continuous (am speaking) implies an action going on at the time of speaking.
Simple Future (will speak) is used to indicate an action that has not taken place as yet.

Option B is the correct answer because in the sentence we find the structure of the past perfect tense, i.e., had+ past participle of the verb (listened).

The given sentence talks about an action in the past. Also, it's a continuous action 'were washing'.
Option D: The past continuous tense indicates that an action is going on at a point of time in the past.
The verb form for past continuous tense is: was/were + present participle.
'Were washing' speaks of a continuous action that happened in the past.
It is of the form were + present participle (washing). Hence option D is correct.
Option A: Simple future tense indicates an action that is yet to happen, as opposed to the past action in the given sentence.
Option B: Simple past tense indicates an action that completed in the past, however, the action here has not completed, but is continuing at a point of time in the past.
Option C: The past perfect tense indicates an action that completed at one point in the past, before another action took place. But, there is only one action given here 'to wash the car'.
Hence options A, B and C are incorrect.

Here, 'has called' indicates present perfect. It is used to indicate an action which started in the past and has continued up untill now. 
Simple Past (called) indicates an action that has already been completed.
Past Perfect (had called) is used to indicate a completed action of the past that happened before another event took place. 
Present Perfect Continuous (have been calling) is used to indicate an action that started at some point in the past and may or may not be complete.  

Here, 'will have finished' indicates future perfect. It is used to indicate an action that will be complete before another event takes place.
Simple Future (will finish) is used to indicate an action that has not taken place as yet.
Present Perfect Continuous (have been finishing) is used to indicate an action that started at some point in the past and may or may not be complete. 
Future Perfect Continuous (will have been finishing) is used to indicate an action that will have happened for some time and will not be complete yet at a certain point in the future.