Key to Mixed tenses

1.-Use the correct tense to complete the sentences

1. are having

2. get up, leave, haven’t got up, are still

3. met

4. have you done

5. came

6. Has he worked

7. has just finished

8. are still reading

2.-Fill in the blanks with a suitable tense

is, are
don’t like, have, doesn’t bark .
does, do, does
are you walking , am walking, is
went, I am thinking, are going to go/ will.
were, climbed, was
was walking, met, was carrying seemed

3.-Complete the telephone conversation with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

(1) are you phoning

(2) are doing

(3) do you need

(4) are playing

(5) saw

(6)I have already bought

(7) will you get

(8) do you like

(9) had already arrived

(10) haven’t started

4.-Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use the present simple, present continuous, past simple, past continuous or present perfect.

1 was watching, rang

2 are you doing go

3 Has David started he has already done

4 What ……................. (happen) in the street when the police ……................. (arrive)?

5 She usually ……................. (put) on formal clothes for work, but she ……................. (wear) jeans today.

6 A ……............... you ever ……............... (see) a ghost in this house?

B No, but we ……................. (hear) lots of

strange noises.

5.-Complete the texts with the correct form of the verbs in the box. There are four extra verbs.

find steal arrest hide argue shoot smuggle look

(1) were looking

(2) are hiding

(3) shot

(4) smuggle/ steal

6.-Complete the sentences. Use the correct form of the verb.

1. was speaking, arrived.

2. go, will you buy

3. walks, is going

4. wasn’t, had to

5. have never travelled, am going to

6. Peter has lived, arrived

7. stole, was arrested

8. am going to relax, am not going to

7.-Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use the present simple, present continuous, past simple or past continuous.

1. Works

2. Is interviewing

3. Doesn’t enjoy

4. Tells

5. Don’t confess

6. Was walking

7. Saw

8. Was trying

9. Wasn’t trying

10. Was cleaning

8.-Complete the sentences. Use the past simple, past continuous, present perfect or past perfect form of the verbs in brackets.

1 hadn’t invited

2 Have you known

3 haven’t seen

4 didn’t have

5 have lived

6 was talking

7 had gone

9.-Complete the sentences. Use the present simple, present continuous, be going to or will form of the verbs in brackets.

1 will eat

2 will ask

3 am going

4 is going to be

5 finishes