Mixed Verbs - Practice Exercises
Mixed Verbs - Practice Exercises
Mixed Verbs - Practice Exercises
1. My family have BOUGHT_ (buy) some land in southern France recently. They
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.
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.
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.
(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
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)
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)
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
12. Alan __WAS_ (be) in the car accident yesterday. The other driver
13. She _HASN’T SEEN_ (not see) her father since he _STARTED__ (start) to work in
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.
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___
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.