MIXED TENSES

Set 1

1. They__ ARE HOLDING__________ (hold) a festival next month.

2. One day, as I____WAS WALKING__________ (walk) to the station, I

________NOTICED____________(notice) a strange-looking man.

3. I can’t hear what they __ARE TALKING______________________(talk) about.

4. Nobody _______________HAS SEEN_________(see) them since last month.

5. We ______HAD/HAD HAD_______________(have) our breakfast before we set off.

6. I *__________________________(work) in the garden when you get back from the shops.

7. By next winter they* _________________________(build) ten houses in this street.

8. I___GO___________________ (go) to the library twice a week.

9. ____HAVE YOU EVER TRIED______________ (you/ever/try) to give up smoking?

10. You ______HAVE BROKEN____________________(break) my pencil. I can’t write with it.

11. While my father ___WAS COOKING________________(cook), my mother____WAS

WATCHING_________ (watch) TV.

12. I ___WILL REMEMBER_________________________(remember) this day all my life.

13. If I ____WERE__________________(be) you, I would study Italian or Spanish.

14. ______DID YOU FIND______________(you/find) it yesterday?

15. If you work hard, you _______WILL PASS____________(pass) your examination.

16. I _______AM NOT GOING TO BE_______________(not be) at home on Saturday evening.

17. ________HAVE YOU ALWAYS WRITTEN__(you/always/write) with your left hand?

18. Look at those grey clouds!. It ______IS GOING TO SNOW___________________(snow).

19. She _____HASN’T MET___________________(not meet) her father for seven years.

20. You ______HAVE BEEN DRIVING_______________(drive) all day. Let me drive now.

21. The bus______STARTED___________ (start) as I________WAS GETTING _______ (get) on.

22. I will come as soon as I ___*___________________(complete) my task.

23. If you drove more slowly, you __WOULDN’T HAVE______(not have) so many accidents.

24. She _______HAS BEEN IRONING___________________(iron) all afternoon.

25. As we ______WERE WALKING________________(walk) along the road, we

______________HEARD________(hear) a car coming from behind us.

26. I __________HEARD___________(hear) the news last night, but I ____HAVEN’T

HEARD____________(not hear) it today.
27. If I _______HAD KNOWN_____________(know) that, I wouldn’t have made a mistake.

28. It is a lovely day. The sun ____IS SHINING______________(shine) and the birds ______ARE
SINGING________(sing).

29. I ____HAVEN’T PAID_________________(not pay) the telephone bill yet.

30. My grandparents _____ARE CELEBRATING__________________(celebrate) their golden wedding

next week.

31. Do you think that he ____HAS RECOGNIZED___________(recognize) me?

32. If you ____HAD ARRIVED______________(arrive) ten minutes earlier, you would have got a
seat.

33. ___DO YOU LIKE______________(you/like) spicy food?

34. Mr. Smith always____READS____________ (read) his newspaper in the evening. Mrs. Smith
sometimes ___KNITS_______________(knit), but she_ISN’T KINITTING__________________ (not knit)
tonight.

35. It ______WAS SNOWING________________(snow) heavily when he

________WOKE_________(wake) up.

36. I _____HAVEN’T PLAYED___________(not play) football since I __WAS____________(be) fifteen

years old.

37. We _______ARE HAVING________________(have) a drink with Peter tonight.

38. We _____HAVE BOUGHT_____________(buy) a new car. Come and look at it.

39. _______WERE YOU SMOKING____ (you/smoke) when I ____CAME_______________(come) in?

40. What _______________WAS HE DOING_________(he/do) at 5 p.m. yesterday?

41. The concert ____HAD STARTED__________________(start) before I got to the hall.

42. I _____*__________________(finish) this book by tomorrow evening.

43. Come in and sit down. I _WILL MAKE_______________(make) a sandwich for you.

44. After we _______FINISH________________(finish) our dinner, we will watch a video film.

45. She ___IS PLAYING____________________(play) in a tennis match on Saturday.

46. I______HAVE BEEN READING________________________ (read) a lot of good books recently.

47. I hope the weather___WON’T CHANGE_________________ (not change) for the worse.

48. He______HAD__LIVED_________(live) in Canada for three years and then he

___MOVED________(move) to Spain.

49. After I ______HAD HEARD____________(hear) the news, I hurried to see him.

50. We ___SPENT___________________________(spend) a few days in Cambridge last month.

Set 2

1. I _____HAVE ALREADY ENROLLED__________ (already/enrol) for an intensive language course.

2. We _____WERE SLEEPING______________(sleep) when an earthquake

____SHOOK____________(shake) the house.

3. How often___DOES SHE GO______________(she/go) swimming?

4. She_____WAS PLAYING_______________ (play) the piano all day yesterday.

5. In the evenings we usually____WATCH________ (watch) TV but today we

_____HAVE___________(have) guests.

6. He is the most intelligent man I ___HAVE EVER SPOKEN___________ (ever/speak) to.

7. We took a taxi after we____HAD MISSED____________ (miss) the bus.

8. If the weather is nice, we ___WILL GO_____________(go) to the mountains.

9. By this time tomorrow I__*_____________________ (receive) the results of my exam.

10. Every day I_______DO_______ (do) the shopping on my own but today I __AM
TAKING______________(take) my daughter,too.

11. When __DID YOU LAST GO__________________(you/last/go) to the hairdresser’s?

12. This is the fastest car I ___HAVE EVER DRIVEN__________________(ever/drive).

13. As I _______WAS GOING____________(go) downstairs, I (slip)___SLIPPED___ and

_____FELL_____(fall).

14. How long ____HAVE YOU BEEN_________ (he/be) unemployed?

15. Before he died, he __HAD BEEN_______________(be) ill for years.

16. I________WILL TRY/AM GOING TO TRY____________ (try) to contact him tomorrow.

17. I’ve bought a load of bricks because I ___AM GOING TO BUILD________(build) a house.

18. If you had hurried, you _WOULDN’T HAVE MISSED_______________________(not miss) the train.

19. We _________HAVE JUST MOVED_____________(just/move) into a new house.

20. I________AM GETTING_________________ (get) hungry because I only ate a slice of beef for
lunch.

21. She ___BURNT_______________(burn) her hand when she____WAS TAKING____________ (take)

the chicken out of the oven.

22. I can’t pay the bill because I _____HAVE LEFT____________(leave) my purse at home.

23. I wish my parents ______HADN’T QUARRELLED____________(not quarrel) so much when I was

a child.

24. __________DOES IT SNOW_________________(it/snow) in England every winter?

25. I _______WAS LOOKING_____________(look) at a shop-window when somebody
______PATTED____(pat) me on the shoulder.

26. I ___HAVE TAKEN_____________(take) the driving test three times, but I___HAVEN’T
PASSED_________ (not pass) it yet.

27. I don’t believe that you _____WILL BE___________ (be) fifty next week.

28. Hey! What _______ARE YOU DOING________(you/do) under the bed? What ______ARE YOU
LOOKING___________(you/look) for?

29. If you park your car here, you _____WILL BE______________(be) fined.

30. ________HAVE YOU EVER SEEN_____________ (you/ever/see) the Leaning Tower of Pisa?

31. She____IS COMING_________________ (come) back on Monday.

32. If you think it over, you____WILL SEE_______________ (see) that I am right.

33. He___________BROKE________ (break) his leg in a skiing accident last year.

34. That film ___IS COMING________________(come) to the local cinema next week. ______DO YOU
WANT_______ (you/want) to see it?

35. I’ve hired a typewriter and I___AM LEARNING_______________ (learn) to type.

36. I could get a job easily if I ______HAD_________________(have) a degree.

37. Someone____HAS USED ____________ (use) my bicycle. The chain’s fallen off.

38. While he _______WAS WATERING_____________(water) the flowers ,it

_________BEGAN_______(begin) to rain.

39. The kettle__IS BOILING_________________ (boil) now. Shall I make the tea?

40. It _______WILL BE____________________(be) very cold this year.

41. These two men __HAVE CYCLED________________(cycle) across Africa.

42. Perhaps he____WILL ARRIVE_____________ (arrive) in time for lunch.

43. When I_____ARRIVED_____________ (arrive) at the station, Mary___WAS WAITING___________

(wait) for me.

44. Chopin______COMPOSED___________ (compose) some of his music in Majorca.

45. I can’t go out because I _____HAVEN’T FINISHED____________(not finish) my work yet.

46. _______DOES YOUR MOTHER WORK_____________ (your mother/work) in this hospital?

47. The lift _____DOESN’T START_______________(not start) until you press the button.

48. Mr. Count ___HAD WORKED_____________________(work) as a cashier for twenty-five years.

Then he _RETIRED____________(retire) and _____WENT____________(go) to live in the country.

49. Where is Peter? ___________IS HE HAVING_______(he/have) a shower?

50. _____________DOES YOUR FATHER______________ (your father/speak) any foreign languages?

Set 3

1. I_________WAS DREAMING_____ (dream) when the alarm clock ________RANG________(ring).

2. This box_________CONTAINS_____________ (contain) old magazines.

3. Don’t switch off the computer. I _________AM USING__________(use) it.

4. This young producer_________HAS MADE____________ (make) four films so far.

5. A strong wind __________HAS BEEN BLOWING__________________(blow) all day.

6. There was no sign of a taxi although I_______ORDERED_________ (order) one half an hour
before.

7. There isn’t a cloud in the sky. It _________IS GOING TO BE_______(be) a lovely day.

8. As soon as you ____________HEAR______________(hear) the news, will you let me know?

9. I hope I___________________ (have) my own exhibition by the age of 25.

10. I rang at one, but you weren’t in your office. - No, I _____WAS HAVING_________(have) lunch
at that time.

11. _________HAS THE TEACHER CORRECTED________(the teacher/ correct) our tests yet?

12. Two people__________DIED_____________ (die) in a fire yesterday.

13. My friend _________VISITS______________(visit) me every Sunday.

14. By the way, who ____________WON___________________(win) the quiz show last night?

15. I __________HAVE BEEN___________________(be) interested in classical music all my life.

16. He can’t answer the phone because he ___________IS PAPERING________(paper) the living-
room.

17. Since when __________HAVE YOU BEEN _________(you/be) able to cook such delicious
goulash?

18. I never______GO_________ (go) to the cinema but now I _____AM GOING_________(go) because
there is a good film.

19. Last Tuesday I______TOOK_______ (take) a day off because I____WAS HAVING_______ (have) a
terrible headache.

20. This is the second time I __________HAVE GIVEN____________(give) up smoking.

21. I think the shortage of housing HAS always _______BEEN___________(be) a serious problem in
Hungary.

22. If I had more money, I ___________WOULD TRAVEL______________(travel) around the world.

23. By the end of the month thousands of people _____________________(see) this exhibition.

24. Who__________DOES____________ (do) the shopping in your family?

25. _________WILL THESE TROUSERS BE__________(these trousers/be) out of fashion next year?

26. The plumber_________HAS BEEN REPAIRING_____________ (repair) the taps for two hours.
27. _____ARE YOU STILL DOING______________ (you/still/do) your homework?

28. I ________WOULD HAVE WRITTEN________(write) a letter to you if I hadn’t lost your address.

29. You _____WILL FALL_________(fall) off the chair if you stand in such an unstable position on it.

30. My dad_________IS WASHING____________ (wash) the car now.

31. They___________HAVE JUST SOLD___________ (just/sell) their old house.

32. Every year our school ______HAS________(have) a charity day. We_____DO________ (do) jobs
and ________COLLECT______________(collect) money for charity.

33. We _______WERE SITTING___________(sit) in the park when it

________STARTED___________(start) to rain.

34. She __________________________(write) her third novel by next November.

35. It’s more than 6 years since she___________WENT/HAS GONE____________ (go) abroad.

36. I _________HAVE NEVER HAD______________(never/have) such a strange dream.

37. My mother______HAS BEEN_________ (be) able to drive for 5 years.

38. Look!. Sarah ________IS CUTTING_________(cut) the grass.

39. My brother _______HAS BEEN WATCHING___________(watch) horror films all day. Perhaps he
should stop.

40. ____________DO YOU LIKE /WOULD YOU LIKE_______________ (you/like) stuffed cabbage?

41. My sister _________STOPPED_________(stop) smoking more than a year ago.

42. I _______HAVE BEEN_____________(be) married for nearly five years.

43. I wish they _________HADN’T EATEN______________(not eat) all the chocolate cake yesterday.

44. Would you recognize your attacker if you __________SAW____________(see) him again,
madam?

45. I can’t see what they _______ARE DOING___________(do).

46. I ________HAD HAD_________________(have) a shower before I went to bed.

47. By next summer she _____________________________(have) her baby.

48. She ______________DOESNT LIKE__________(not like) classical music.

49. __________ARE. YOU GOING TO BE________________ (you/be) at home tomorrow evening?

50. We _________HAVEN´T DRUNK______________(not drink) beer for a long time.

Set 4

1. While the children WERE SLEEPING (sleep) their parents WERE WATCHING (watch) TV.

2. DO You DREAM (dream) at night?

3. If I WERE (be) older, I would go to that concert on my own.

4. My father HAS BEEN WORKING (work) on the computer all day.

5. Look. Somebody IS BREAKING (break) the window.

6. This is the best coffee I HAVE ever DRUNK (drink).

7. When DID they last GO (go) to the cinema?

8. We HAVE SEEN (see) a lot of good films recently.

9. What WERE the children DOING (do) when the teacher ENTERED (enter) the room?

10. They (repair) the road by next Friday.

11. I HAVEN’T MET (not meet) him since Monday.

12. We ARE PAINTING (paint) the living-room. Come and look at it.

13. In our family everybody IS (be) interested in sports.

14. They WERE (be) on holiday in Italy last summer.

15. If I have enough money, I WILL BUY (buy) a new computer.

16. How long HAVE they BEEN LIVING / LIVED (live) in this town?

17. He HAS just BOUGHT (buy) a new camera.

18. Where is Jack? IS he DOING (do) his homework?

19. As I WAS CLEANING (clean) the attic I FOUND (find) a box containing old books.

20. My cousin STUDIES (study) French at a language school three times a week.

21. HAVE You SWEPT (sweep) the floor yet?

22. I AM WEARING (wear) my sunglasses today because the sun is very strong.

23. It is the second time she HAS TRAVELLED (travel) abroad.

24. My youngest brother GOT (get) a job a week ago.

25. Why don’t you switch off the radio? You ARE NOT LISTENING (not listen) to it.

26. I will phone you as soon as I GET (get) home.

27. My sister LIVES (live) in France. She SENDS (send) me an e-mail every week.

28. We won’t go home until you KICK (kick) us out of your house.

29. I’m sure they WOULD HAVE TELEPHONED (telephone) us if they had got lost.

30. John came into my office while I WAS WRITING (write) my report.

31. My sister CAME/IS COMING (come) home on Sunday.

32. I wish the school year FINISHED (finish) earlier.

33. By the time we ARRIVED (arrive) at the station, the train HAD LEFT (leave).

34. Our flat CONSISTS (consist) of three rooms.

35. Since when HAVE you WORKED (work) for this firm?
36. I HAVE just APPLIED (apply) for a job as a waiter.

37. I’d rather you NOT USE (not use) my phone for private calls.

38. COULD/WOULD You DO (do) a favour for me, please?

39. What WILL HAPPEN (happen) if she doesn’t come to work?

40. I (finish) my report by 10 o’clock tomorrow.

41. Before I went to the meeting I HAD DONE (do) the washing-up.

42. She WILL BE (be) thirty years old next week.

43. I HAVENT SPOKEN (not speak) Russian since I LEFT (leave) school.

44. How WILL you GET (get) home if there aren’t any buses?

45. I AM EXPECTING (expect) a call. I wish the phone would rang.

46. They WENT (go) to Cardiff last year.

47. While we WERE HELPING (help) in the kitchen, my brother WAS PLAYING (play) basketball
with his friends.

48. If the weather IS (be) nice, I will go to school on foot.

49. Francis always GOES (go) to work by car, but today she IS GOING (go) by bus.

50. When he was younger he PLAYED/USED TO PLAY (play) football every day.