Mastering SAT and ACT Verb Tense Questions
Proven Techniques for Boosting Your ACT English and Digital SAT Reading & Writing Scores.
Verb Tense Questions: A Guide for SAT and ACT Test-Takers
Identifying Verb Tense Questions
Verb Tense Questions appear on ACT English and digital SAT Reading and Writing. They are fairly easy to identify: all of the answers will be the SAME verb in DIFFERENT tenses. For example:
A) run
B) are running
C) had run
D) ran
These answer choices all have the verb "run" but in different tenses.
What’s in a Name?
It's not crucial to know the names of the tenses for the purpose of improving your score on the ACT or SAT. If you can simply recognize different verb forms when you see them, you will be able to match the established verb form in the passage to the same form in the answer choices.