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Grammar Unit 1 - ECCE Preparation Course

Compiled by Ms. Andrea Aguirre A.
MIXED TENSES EXERCISES

Fill the gaps with the correct tenses.

1. I (learn) HAVE BEEN LEARNING / HAVE LEARNT English for seven years now.
2. As I (pass / want) WANT TO PASS my English exam successfully next year, I (study)WILL STUDY harder this term.
3. During my last summer holidays, my parents (send) SENT me on a language course to London.
4. It (be)IS great and I (think) THINK I (learn) HAVE LEARNT a lot.
5. Before I (go) WENT to London, I (not / enjoy) DIDNT ENJOY learning English.
6. But while I (do) DID the language course, I (meet) MET lots of young people from all over the world.
7. At the moment I (revise) AM REVISING English grammar.
8. And I (begin / already) HAVE ALREADY BEGUN to read the texts in my English textbooks again.
9. I (think) THINK I (do) AM GOING TO DO one unit every week.
10. My exam (be) WILL BE on 15 May, so there (not / be) WILL NOT BE (WON’T BE) any time to be lost.
11. They (build) ARE BUILDING a new power station at the moment.
12. When I was buying the stamps somebody (call) CALLED my name.
13. 'What time (Kevin come) DID KEVIN COME?' 'An hour ago.'
14. I (not go)DIDN’T GO to the cinema last night. I was too tired.
15. Carol invited us to the party but we (not go) DIDN’T GO . We had other things to do.
16. I saw Bridget at the museum when I was going to the restaurant but she (not see) DIDN’T SEE me.
17. 'Where (your parents live) DO YOUR PARENTS LIVE?' 'In a village near London. They have always lived there.'
18. She speaks English but she (not speak) DOESN’T SPEAK French.
19. Jeff is from London. He (live) HAS LIVED / HAS BEEN LIVING there all his life.
20. My favourite country is Canada. I (be) HAVE BEEN there four times.
21. I (never eat) HAVE NEVER EATEN bananas.
22. 'How long (you study) HAVE YOU STUDIED / HAVE YOU BEEN STUDYING Photography?' 'For one year.'
23. 'Where are you going on holiday?' 'I don't know. We (not decide) HAVEN'T DECIDED yet.'
24. Who (invent) INVENTED the washing machine?
25. 'Where's Jill?' 'She (have) IS HAVING lunch at the moment.'
26. (Terry work) IS TERRY WORKING ? No, he is on holiday.
27. Somebody (steal) STOLE my sunglasses at the swimming pool last week.
28. (she wear) WAS SHE WEARING the nice jacket when you saw her?
29. Where (be) WERE you yesterday?
30. As you (see / can) CAN SEE, I (become) HAVE BECOME a real London fan already.