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MIXED TENSES REVISION

1. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

a) They __________________ (move) out of their house next month. They

__________________ (already / buy) a new one in a different town. The new house
__________________ (be) bigger and it __________________ (have) a huge garden
with a swimming-pool in it. They __________________ (be) swimming all summer!
b) Maria __________________ (take) the exam twice before being accepted into the
university. She __________________ (want) to study to become a nurse. She
__________________ (graduate) with honours. Now she __________________ (work)
at the Memorial Hospital in New York. All her patients __________________ (love) her.
c) The weather __________________ (be) awful today. I hope it __________________
(improve) tomorrow, because we __________________ (plan) a trip to the beach for a
week.
d) Mr. White, the math teacher, said we __________________ (have) an exam in two days.
I hope he __________________ (change) the date, because I have an English exam on
the same day. I have to study so hard!
e) Mia __________________ (walk) down the street when she __________________
(realized) that someone __________________ (follow) her. She __________________
(be) scared at first, but later on she __________________ (discover) it was an old lady
trying to give her wallet back. She had let it fall a few streets back!
f) Be careful! You __________________ (use) too much glue. It __________________
(ruin) the art project and you __________________ (not have) time to make another
one. It __________________ (be) due tomorrow.
g) There was a clown at the festival. It __________________ (scare) the little child, so the
family __________________ (leave) and __________________ (go) back home. That
night the child __________________ (not sleep) because he __________________
(keep) having nightmares about the clown.
h) While my mother __________________ (make) breakfast for me and my siblings, I
__________________ (wake up). It was still too early, so she __________________
(send) me back to bed.
i) My best friend and I __________________ (leave) the concert when we
__________________ (see) the guitarist walk out the back door. We
__________________ (ask) him for his autograph and a picture. He
__________________ (be) so kind with us!
j) After Monica __________________ (finish) all her work, she __________________ (go)
to have lunch.
k) I __________________ (not say) anything until she __________________ (finish)
talking.
l) __________________ (you / wait) for a long time before the taxi __________________
(arrive)?
m) She __________________ (miss) all afternoon. Her friends __________________
(think) of calling the police, but she __________________ (walk) in a few seconds later.
n) – How long __________________ (learn) karate? – I __________________ (learn)
karate for three years now. At the moment I __________________ (am) green belt.

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KEY
a) They are moving / are going to move (move) out of their house next month. They Have
have already bought (already / buy) a new one in a different town. The new house Have
is (be) bigger and it has (have) a huge garden with a swimming-pool in it. They will be
(be) swimming all summer!
b) Maria had taken (take) the exam twice before being accepted into the university. She
wanted (want) to study to become a nurse. She graduated (graduate) with honours.
Now she is working (work) at the Memorial Hospital in New York. All her patients love
(love) her.
c) The weather is (be) awful today. I hope it will improve (improve) tomorrow, because we
have been planning (plan) a trip to the beach for a week.
d) Mr. White, the math teacher, said we have / are having (have) an exam in two days. I
hope he will change (change) the date, because I have an English exam on the same day.
I have to study so hard!
e) Mia was walking (walk) down the street when she realized (realize) that someone was
following (follow) her. She was (be) scared at first, but later on she discovered (discover)
it was an old lady trying to give her wallet back. She had let it fall a few streets back!
f) Be careful! You are using (use) too much glue. It is going to ruin (ruin) the art project
and you won’t have (not have) time to make another one. It is (be) due tomorrow.
g) There was a clown at the festival. It scared (scare) the little child, so the family left (leave)
and went (go) back home. That night the child didn’t sleep (not sleep) because he kept
(keep) having nightmares about the clown.
h) While my mother was making (make) breakfast for me and my siblings, I woke up (wake
up). It was still too early, so she sent (send) me back to bed.
i) My best friend and I left (leave) the concert when we saw (see) the guitarist walk out
the back door. We asked (ask) him for his autograph and a picture. He was (be) so kind
with us!
j) After Monica had finished (finish) all her work, she went (go) to have lunch.
k) I didn’t say (not say) anything until she had finished (finish) talking.
l) Had you been waiting (you / wait) for a long time before the taxi arrived (arrive)?
m) She had been missing (miss) all afternoon. Her friends thought (think) of calling the
police, but she walked (walk) in a few seconds later.
n) – How long have you been learning (learn) karate? – I have been learning (learn) karate
for three years now. At the moment I am (be) green belt.

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