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I.

Mixed Tenses - Put the verbs into the correct tenses.

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=8409
1. Andy is tired because he (work)

all day.
w orks

2. David broke his leg when he (ski)

last week.
w as skying

3. (you/have)

a nice time in Rome?

Did you have

4. (you/finish)

your homework yet?

have you finished

5. He (be)

at his computer for six hours.

has been

6. How long (she/have)

that car?
has she had

7. How many people (die)

in the fire yesterday?

died

8. I (not/know)

much about art, but I like some artists.

don't know

9. I (receive)

a postcard from Jane yesterday.

recieved

10. I (correct)

all morning, Im exhausted.

have corre

11. I (never/be)

sailing, whats it like?

have never been

12. It (rain)

when I got up this morning.

is raining

13. Janet (start)

a new job in September.

w ill start

14. Nelly (have)

a great time in New York at the moment.

is having

15. She was cooking dinner when we (arrive)

.
arrived

16. She (just/come)

back from a Mediterranean cruise.

17. My husband (be)

free for most of the afternoon.

is

18. They (go)

to spend six weeks in the USA.

are going

19. We can use the car, I (repair)

it.
repaired

20. We (be)

too late for the train, it had just left.

w ere

21. As soon as they (arrive)

we had dinner.
arrived

22. When they were driving home last night they (see)

a terrible accident.
saw

23. Where (Robert/live)

now?
does Robert live

24. Who (Mandy/talk)

to?
is Mandy talking

II. Fill the gaps with the correct tenses. http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/tests/language-course

1.

I (learn)

English for seven years now.

w as learning

2.

But last year I (not / work)

hard enough for English, that's why my

didn't w ork

marks (not / be)

really that good then.

w eren't

3.

As I (pass / want)

my English exam successfully next year,

w ant to pass

I (study)

harder this term.

'm going to stu

4.

During my last summer holidays, my parents (send)

me on a language
sent

5.

course to London.
It (be)
w as

great and I (think)

I (learn)
think

a lot.
have learned

6.

But while I (do)

the language course, I (meet)

did

people from all over the world.

7.
There I (notice)

how important it (be)

noticed

8.

lots of young
met

to speak foreign
is

languages nowadays.
Now I (have)

much more fun learning English than I (have)

have

9.

had

before the course.

At the moment I (revise)

English grammar.
am revising

10.

And I (begin / already)

11.

I (think)

to read the texts in my English textbooks again.

I (do)

think

12.

one unit every week.

w ill do

My exam (be)

on 15 May, so there (not / be)

w ill be

any time to be
isn't

lost.
13.

If I (pass)

my exams successfully, I (start)

pass

14.

an apprenticeship in
am starting

September.
And after my apprenticeship, maybe I (go)

back to London to work there for a

w ill go

while.
15.

As you (see / can)

, I (become)
can see

a real London fan already.

became

1. what had Bob

done

2. You
had
eaten
3. He
had
lived
4. She
had
found
5. They had booked
You had read
Who had lived