Mixed Verbs - Practice Exercises

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MIXED TENSES PRACTICE USE MATERIAL GIVEN IN CLASSROOM

NAME ANIBAL SEBASTIAN CASTRO ORTEGA_ DATE DUE : MAY 27

Fill in the correct form of the verb – All tenses

1. My family have BOUGHT_ (buy) some land in southern France recently. They

_ARE BUILDING_ (build) a summer house there at the moment.

2. Andy and Mary _ARE GOING_ (go) to a concert tomorrow night. They

_HAVE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO_ (look forward to) it the whole week.

3. Jonathon _WATCHES_ (watch) the news on TV every day and it _HELPS_

(help) him with his English.

4. My car _BROKE_ (break) down when I _WAS DRIVING_ (drive) home from

work. I _WOULD HAVE FIXED_ (fix) it if I _WOULD HAVE KNOWN_ (know) what was wrong.

But I didn’t so _I HAD_ (have) to take it to the garage.

5. When he _FOUNDED_ (found) Microsoft, Bill Gates was only 20 years old. He

__HAD ALREADY WRITTEN__ (already write) his first computer programme six years earlier.

6. An accident _HAPPENED_ (happen) near my house last night. A car HIT_

(hit) a young man. He _WAS RIDING_ (ride) his bike when someone in front of him

suddenly __OPENED__ (open) a car door. Many people SAW__ (see) the

accident. The police _ WERE INTERROGATING__ (interrogate) them last night.

7. Mrs Smith said that one day she __WOULD RETIRE__ (retire) from teaching. She said that

she _WOULD SPEND_ (spend) her new free time learning about computers.

8. I __DIDNT SPLEEP__ (not sleep) at all last night. Someone _WAS LISTENING_ (listen)

to music all night.

9. I __SAW__ (see) a film a week ago, but I _DIDNT ENJOY__ (not enjoy) it

very much because I _HAD ALREADY READ_ (already read) the book. If I

_WOULDN’T HAVE READ_ (not read) the book I _ PROBABLY WOULD HAVE ENJOY_ (probably enjoy)

the film more.

10. The judge sentenced the man to eight years in prison because he __ROBBED___ (rob) a

bank.

11. They _WERE STANDING_ (stand) in the queue for over an hour when the manager

_TOLD_ (tell) them that there were no more tickets.

12. Alan __WAS_ (be) in the car accident yesterday. The other driver

__LOST_ (lose) control of his car because he __FELL__ (fall) asleep.

13. She _HASN’T SEEN_ (not see) her father since he _STARTED__ (start) to work in

Marseille two years ago.

14. I __WAS SLEEPING_ (sleep) when the fire broke out.


MIXED TENSES PRACTICE USE MATERIAL GIVEN IN CLASSROOM

15. Linda phoned and explained that she _WON’T_ (not can) to come to the party

the next day because she _IS STILL_ (be) still sick.

16. I _HAVE JUST SEEN_ (just see) the film “The Da Vinci Code”. – __HAVE YOU SEEN__

(you see) it too? – No, I _HAVEN’T _ (not have) but I _DO HAVE READ__ (read) the

book.

17. My sister _IS FLYING_ (fly) home from London today. Her flight _IS ARRIVING__

(arrive) in an hour so I’M LEAVING__ (leave) for the airport right now to get there in time.

18. Unless he _SELLS_ (sell) more he won’t get much money.

19. While he _IS WAITING_ (wait) for the bus there _WAS_ (be) a robbery at

the bank. After the robbers _WENT_ (go) away the police __CAME___

(come) but they _COULDN’T_ (not can) to catch them.

20. I _USED_ (use) to ski when I was at the university but I __BROKE__

(break) a leg five years ago and since then I’M NOT SKIING_ (not ski) any more.

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